Michael Modresky
I am a licensed psychotherapy (LMFT) with 8 years of experience. I have extensive experience treating depression, anxiety and trauma. My graduate school specialization was in LGBTQIA affirmative psychotherapy to best support clients of diverse identities. I approach work with clients as a collaboration in service of their goals. I will work with you to learn and apply skills to improve current situations while also examining the origins of these patterns. I utilize a trauma informed mindset with evidenced based modalities like DBT, CBT, and Internal Family Systems (IFS). I work from the perspective that all behaviors serve some purpose even those that interfere with goals or our best interest. Therapy can help shift to behaviors that are in line with goals. I view my role as helping clients to seeing and celebrating their inherent worth and strength.
First session
In our first session, I will learn about who you are as a person and what brings you to therapy. This usually includes discussion about what symptoms or challenges are you facing along with learning about your history. This first session is also the beginning of getting clear on your goals for therapy and how we will approach these together.
Strengths
I came to being a therapist after a first career where I helped teams and business leaders move to their goals. While fulfilling in some ways, I sought working more in depth with individuals to find the path that lights them up. I have a keen understanding of how important it is to point ourselves in a new direction and how hard it can be. As a gay man, I also know how our identities can play a role in so much of who we are and how we interact with others. I work to create a place where we can celebrate LGBTQIA+ identities and heal from the challenges presented by the world. I have diverse experience as a therapist working in community mental health, private practice, and in residential treatment settings. All of this experience prepares me to understand a wide range of life experiences and meet you at this time in your life.
Ideal clients
Maybe you've recently decided you're ready to change. Maybe you've been thinking about it for a while. Maybe you've had starts and stops. No matter where you find yourself, I am eager to get to know you and learn about your goals (or maybe figure out what are your goals). Together, we will look more closely at: what drives you, how you can harness your innate strengths to propel you forward, and what will be different this time. I am here to help you identify actions and track your progress. I believe therapy can be a place to put yourself in the center of your own life and get busy building toward what you want.
Treatment methods
Trauma-Informed Care
I believe that healing from trauma includes creating safe place centered around a client and their self agency. I consider trauma to shape our current lives through our automatic thoughts, response patterns to situations, and our experiences in relationship to others.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy can serve as an important part in many clients' therapy. While exploring the origins of thoughts, behaviors, and emotions is important, DBT offers practical skills and concepts that can help clients move toward their goals. I take a very transparent approach when discussing skills and concepts in order to encourage utilizing these skills outside of the therapy room.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
The principles of Internal Family Systems can foster an eye opening shift in clients' understanding of themselves. I utilize principles of IFS and parts work to help clients build better understanding of themselves in order to move toward greater self leaderships. Viewing ourselves as made up of parts can help to make room increased skills and insight while also decreasing self judgment and over identifying with negative behaviors.
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Virtual sessions
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- CaliforniaLicense 129991