Heather McGovern

Eclectic

We will work together to determine what treatment method will work specifically for you. We will consider your symptoms, what has worked and not worked in the past, your strengths, your limitations, your cultural background, and other variables specific to you as an individual. Treatment techniques will be pulled from multiple modalities such as CBT, Attachment-based Therapy, ACT, DBT, Family and Couple's Therapy, Gender-affirming Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Strength-based Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, and Trauma Informed Care.

Trauma Informed Care

Working together we will ensure that all methods and approaches are viewed through a trauma "lens." Should certain aspects of different therapies be triggering we will not focus on that unless it is helpful and the client is ready to use skills to work through a potential trauma response.

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

Using CBT we will work together to identify how your thoughts and feelings affect your behaviors. We will work to help you see that your thoughts and feelings are not who you are as a person and can be controlled and changed in order to benefit you, as an individual. This will help you feel more in control of your thought process and behaviors within your every day life.

Motivational Interviewing

During the course of therapy I will ask you questions geared to make you think about your own motivations and goals. When you answer these questions we can get closer to identifying contradicting thoughts/behaviors that are interfering with your ability to meet your goals.

Narrative

We will work together to identify the narrative that is occurring in your mind re: your life and how you are living it. Using different narrative skills we can rewrite your narrative in a way that helps you move forward feeling more safe and in control of your life.