Hi! My name is Marta, Why just survive when we can thrive? This is the question we need to ask ourselves when thinking about starting therapy. I have dedicated my career to help answer this question, with over six years experience working within a variety of specialties and populations. I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor that has worked extensively with individuals struggling with relationship dissatisfaction and other relational issues, depression, anxiety, anger and emotion management, emotional eating, panic attacks, trauma, struggles with self-esteem, stress-management and burnout, difficulties with parenting or co-parenting, career related hurdles and work dissatisfaction, adult ADHD, OCD, and intrusive thoughts. I work with adults trying to navigate life’s hurdles, and am very well versed in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and a variety of other methods, therapies, and techniques to help you achieve your goals. I take a creative and holistic approach with treatment to make sure we nourish our mind-body connection and cater to each individual clients needs using a client centered approach in addition to other techniques. My focus is on personal fulfillment, growth, and change and I am also a huge advocate for self-care. Whether you're dealing with overwhelming emotions, a lack of balance, relationship issues or cycles of anxiety and depression, I'm here to help. It can be hard to ask for support, and even more difficult to open up to someone new, and this is a great first step! Together, we can work towards finding the root of your struggles, and move towards cultivating a full and abundant life. So now we ask, are we ready to thrive?
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions, take some time to get to know each other, then dive into specific challenges you're facing. This will help us create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow-up sessions, where we can expect a balance between a more guided approach with skill-building and techniques to help us reach our goals, and traditional talk therapy.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
My biggest strength in therapy is staying consistent with the client-centered and holistic approach described above. I want to make sure to meet your needs in every way, and therefore I am dedicated to making sure that each therapeutic method and technique is catered to you and your needs.
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Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches us coping skills for dealing with a variety of stressors in our lives. It focuses on how our thoughts, beliefs and attitudes affect our feelings and actions. We also reach into the past to explore how our experiences influence our patterns of thinking today. It's most commonly used to treat anxiety and depression, but can be useful for other mental and physical health problems.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) helps us manage intense emotions, build healthy relationships, and cope with difficult situations by teaching us skills in mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. It combines some of what we learn in CBT, with an additional focus on things like acceptance, validation, and our values.
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a type of approach that helps you accept your difficult thoughts and feelings without judgment, and then commit to actions that align with your values.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy views the mind as a collection of "parts", each with its own role and perspective, and aims to help you understand and heal these parts, ultimately leading to greater inner harmony and connection with your core Self. IFS has been commonly used as a trauma-informed approach, and has also been proven in the treatment of anxiety and depression.
Schema Therapy
Schema work helps us identify and change deeply ingrained, unhealthy habits and patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that develops as part of our early experiences and can cause problems in relationships and overall well-being.