Candance Wise Gilberstadt
Hi. My name is Candance, but you can call me Candy. Do you feel as though you are being weighed down by certain thoughts and emotions, like you are out of balance? Is it difficult for you to manage your day to day responsibilities due to these thoughts and emotions? Would you like help in understanding and managing these thoughts and emotions so you can experience balance in your life?
We will use a person centered and strength based approach, exploring past and present experiences as they relate to your current state of overall well-being.
I help individuals get to that place of healthy balance, with a goal of remaining there. Together, we can work to identify your strengths and challenges to find solutions for managing your most challenging thoughts and emotions. We will use a person centered and strength based approach, exploring past and present experiences as they relate to your current state of overall well-being. I also integrate mindfulness techniques to help you develop a stronger more balanced state of being. Whether you are dealing with circumstances, thoughts or feelings that are overwhelming, I want to help. Reaching out for help can feel uncomfortable or seem scary, but you are making the right choice. During our sessions together, I will meet you with genuine compassion using evidence-based techniques to help you achieve and remain in a healthy, more balanced state of being. Let’s do this.
First session
In our first session together, we will start with brief introductions, then work to identify the specific challenges you’re facing. This will allow us to collaborate in creating a tailored plan for us to work through during follow up sessions.
Strengths
When working with clients, it has been my experience utilizing a person-centered and strengths based approach can have immediate and long lasting positive results. Using a person centered approach allows both client and clinician to gain insight into the client’s perspective and perception of their life’s experiences, both positive and negative, while exploring how this influences the client’s current state of functioning. Using a strengths base approach allows both client and clinician to identify strengths and abilities the client can use to either change or enhance their current state of functioning, with the ultimate goal of achieving and maintaining a healthy, more balanced state of being.
Ideal clients
I prefer a more generalist client population-adjustment disorders, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, stress-age 18+. However, it has been my professional experience that most clients I work with have experienced trauma at some point in their lives. In addition to exploring and understanding the effects of trauma on present day functioning and emotion regulation, we will collaborate together on a personalized, realistic approach to managing your symptoms. Our overall goal will be to get you to a place of balance and being able to remain there through life's ups and downs.
Location
Virtual sessions