Ms. Okieme spent ten years of her professional career as a Clinical Social Worker and Behavioral Therapist working in clinic with autistic children as well as with cognitively challenged adults. Additionally, her work also involved counseling veterans, immigrants, domestic abuse victims and advising mothers on family dynamics and supportive structures. As well as, individuals with severe and persistent mental illness and co-occurring disorders, who have a history of and/or are at high risk for homelessness, incarceration and/or institutionalization.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
Clients will get a better understanding of who they are, root cause of their challenges and a better understanding of how their environment has a direct impact on their overall functioning.
What treatment methods and tools do you utilize?
Motivational Interviewing Person-Centered Problem-Solving Therapy Solution Focused Brief (SFBT) Strength-Based Structural Family Therapy
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
As a therapist, I am effective in helping people to recognize their strengths and putting them into action, in order to assist them with quickly incorporating coping mechanisms that can help them manage and/or decrease their challenges.