I find fulfillment in aiding adults who are striving to regain the chance to foster emotional and relational harmony. In my work with individuals on their mental and functional health, life stages, spiritual and relational paths, I employ both evidence-based and unconventional strategies that are customized to your unique needs and overall wellness. My practice is dedicated to helping individuals recognize their buried emotions and transform unhealthy internal dialogue, viewpoints, and actions. Through a variety of methods and interventions, I guide clients in revealing persistent negative thoughts, understanding their roots, and developing new thought and emotional patterns. By concentrating on how individuals perceive their self-concepts and interpersonal connections, I encourage clients to release detrimental thought habits and reformulate their mental approach, thereby diminishing self-criticism and anxiety, and enhancing communication across all areas of life. This is accomplished by offering a non-judgmental and secure environment, attentively listening to your issues, and tailoring interventions to assist you in achieving your objectives. Currently accepting adult individual session appointments.
The first session is our opportunity to become better acquainted. Typically, this time is devoted to identifying current levels of emotional distress, exploring personal background information related to culture, family, relationship dynamics, and exposure to adverse or trauma-related experiences. Clients can anticipate a conversational style of interaction with questions being exchanged between the therapist and client. The primary focus of the first session is to alleviate any initial discomfort, build rapport, understand current stressors, and set future therapeutic goals.
Mindfulness based Cognitive Therapy The way one defines their experiences, or internal language, affects emotional responses. By restructuring internal dialogue and addressing hidden assumptions and self-doubt through the reformation of internal "words," combined with holistic techniques, one can foster a profound sense of self-awareness. Skills that promote an understanding of our thought processes and how these thoughts shape our emotional experiences enable clients to recognize and alter ingrained negative automatic thoughts into a congruent, empowered internal experience.
Adults aiming to comprehend the basis of their emotional turmoil may find that exploring the origins of their thought patterns and perceptions can act as a catalyst for understanding the causes of their struggles with relationships or emotional distress. By examining their inconsistent internal dialogues, I help individuals become aware of outdated agreements and perceptions, encouraging them to develop a framework that aligns with their personal values and integrity.
Mindfulness-based therapeutic strategies encourage the observation of one's thoughts and feelings, cultivating a nonjudgmental awareness of the present moment, including sensations, thoughts, bodily states, consciousness, and the environment. This method promotes openness, curiosity, and acceptance. These strategies assist in developing observational practices, identifying negative internal dialogues, recognizing maladaptive behavioral responses to others' projected assumptions, and reevaluating agreements with these projections. Recognizing the unnecessary acceptance of established language and beliefs helps in transforming unhealthy beliefs and reactions into those that reflect reality-based thoughts and behaviors..
Jungian theory strategies delve into the resurgence of childhood narratives within contemporary relationship themes and behaviors. Jungian Shadow work aids in recognizing maladaptive behavioral and emotional patterns contributing to emotional distress. This Shadow work process intertwines past internal dialogues with ongoing individuation efforts, fostering an understanding of one's current adult reality, which is instrumental in forming positive interactions and setting boundaries that support healthy relational dynamics, thus alleviating emotional distress originating from childhood experiences.