(she/her)
New to Grow
Hello! My name is Lidia Conners, a Clinical Social Worker with over 17 years of experience. I have successfully treated a diverse population of individuals and older adolescents with mental health inquiries specifically with anxiety, depression or trauma. I came to this field as I believe in the potential we all have and understand that at times certain erroneous/irrational perceptions or an overactive /underactive nervous system many times keep us stuck and rob us from living our best lives. I strongly believe in contributing to the well-being of my clients using a client-centered, caring/compassionate individualized approach.
In our first session we will learn if we are a best fit for you as we learn what brought you to therapy. We will conduct a biopsychosocial assessment that will give me clinical information to identify your specific mental health condition if any. We will also identify what are your goals for treatment and hopefully start building our therapeutic alliance.
I am bilingual which allow me to connect with client that speak English and Spanish. I have a soft and direct approach that allows your healing on a timeline that suits your therapeutic needs. I am skilled in multiple therapeutic techniques, and I actively work to keep current with developments in the field.
I believe I did not come to this profession to serve my needs. I seek to contribute and help people with a distorted sense of self, life circumstances and/or the world; so together we explore and identify ways available to increase well-being, develop effective coping and emotional regulation skills. Help them recognize their strengths that will help him/her navigate and responds to his/her difficulties in a more effective way. I best serve individuals in general, struggling with life circumstances, life transitions, problems with relationships and self -identity whose symptoms show as anxiety, depression, and a lot of the times caused by developmental or acute trauma that has not been processed.
Other specialties
I identify as
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
CBT is used to identify irrational ways of thinking, negative thought patterns that guide a person's behavior. We learn to identify these, challenge them and restructure the way we think as these thoughts encourage emotions and guide behaviors.