Hi I'm Christy. Do you sometimes find that you are your own worst enemy? Finding fault with everything you do, never feeling like you're living up to expectations? My goal in therapy is to help you turn your inner critic into a compassionate voice that can comfort you when you're down and give you the inspiration you need to reach your goals. We will work together to help you get to know yourself so that you will be able to care for yourself, identify your strengths, and give yourself the encouragement you need to succeed. I will also help you learn how to be more resilient in the face of obstacles so that you will be better able to find new solutions.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In the first session, I ask the client to tell their story of what brings them to therapy, relevant background history, and strategies that have been helpful and unhelpful. At the end of the session, I ask them what their goals are for therapy and I share my feedback of what I think would be helpful and explain my strategy for how I would help them reach their goals.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
As a clinical psychologist, I use a lot of strategies from the field of positive psychology. I focus on a strengths based approach in therapy. I also emphasize using nonjudgmental language. Rather than saying something is right/wrong, good/bad, I conceptualize behavior in terms of what's helpful or unhelpful, wanted or unwanted. Finally, I utilize the research on happiness to create the exercises I teach in therapy.