Rated 5.0 stars out of 5, 3 ratings

Geno Creese

LMFT, 5 years of experience

Warm
Intelligent
Open-minded
Virtual
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About me

My name is Geno Creese, I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Registered Drama Therapist (#942) accepting virtual clients in California. Regardless of presenting issues, I like to meet my clients where they are at; whether you are new to mental health support or are a seasoned veteran there is space for you here. We will work to identify what is getting in the way of you meeting your goals and address these challenges together. That said, we will work together each session with whatever you bring to the room. As a therapist I work from an attachment based lens and use elements of psychodynamic theory, solution focused therapy, CBT, Narrative Style Interventions, and a host of Drama Therapy Interventions to support my clients.

Get to know me

In our first session together, here's what you can expect

During our first session we will review informed consent, answer any questions, then we will explore what you want to work on in therapy. The main goal of this first session is to get to know each other and start building trust between us.

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

I believe one of my strengths as a therapist is being able to listen with compassion, non-judgement, and humor, when appropriate. We are all doing our best and that is a great place to start. I also believe my use of drama therapy interventions to "get on our feet," even during virtual sessions, gives my clients access to less verbal ways of processing and healing.

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

I have significant experience working with trauma, and mood disorders. I also have significant experience working with neruodivergent communities. My ideal clients are adolescents, young adults, and adults struggling with trauma, mood disorders, and/or neurodivergent issues.

Specialties

Top specialties

AutismTrauma and PTSD

Other specialties

Anger ManagementAnxietyChild or AdolescentChronic IllnessDepression

I identify as

Serves ages

Teenagers (13 to 17)

My treatment methods

Attachment-based

When working from an attachment based lens I will be supporting you in strengthening your sense of self and confidence in your choices by helping you develop your own positive internalized parent.

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

When working in a CBT frame we will discover the distorted thoughts and beliefs that are getting between you and happiness and work to reduce the pain of these thoughts and replace them with more accurate, self affirming beliefs which will lead you to making healthier choices when issues arise.

Strength-Based

We all contain multitudes. Each one of us has strengths that we draw on every day to survive, sometimes client's need some support identifying these parts of themselves and utilizing these strengths as part of a coping strategy to get the client through challenging moments day to day.

Location

Virtual

Licensed in

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