I’m dedicated to helping individuals navigate life by building on your strengths and navigating life's many stressors. As a military spouse, I understand how stressful life can be when there are events going on outside of our control. So much of our minds are focused on what’s happened in the past, or worrying about our future, and that’s why I like to utilize mindfulness and body-based practices to help ground you in the present moment and decrease that inner critic voice that tries to hold us back. Therapy with me goes beyond just talking about your problems. I like to let my clients set the pace for treatment, meaning we will talk about what you want to focus on (today's problems, the past, the future, etc.) and I respect when someone is not ready to begin working through a concern in their life. I will always challenge you to consider the implications of life's stressors and focus on how best to support you by building on your strengths.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
The first few sessions with me are all about gaining more insight about you and your life so that I may have a comprehensive picture of what it is you are having difficulty with and to help you identify your strengths and what resources are available. It also helps me to gauge my clients' readiness for change and to help set the tone and pacing of our time together. I typically conduct 55 minute sessions once a week, but we can discuss a treatment schedule that fits your lifestyle!
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I aim to bring my authentic self into our work, balancing warmth with professionalism. You can expect a space free of judgment, a felt sense of safety where you can be yourself, where we build on your strengths, gently challenge unhelpful patterns, and respect when you need time and space. I know that change isn’t easy, but with the right support, it’s possible.
About Lexi McGough
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Attachment-based
As we dive into your relationships, I will acknowledge the impact of attachment patterns and beliefs on our functioning and how this may contribute to interpersonal difficulties.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
I utilize most of my interventions and techniques based off of DBT as it deals largely with mindfulness, interpersonal skills, and emotion regulation skills as these are primarily the skills we all have difficulty and would largely benefit from fine tuning and practice.
Mind-body approach
I like to incorporate the use of mindfulness through movement and breathing practices, and will bring in the understanding of how the vagus nerve interconnects the mind and body connection and learning how to access our body's natural calming system. I will also always acknowledge the interconnection of our physical and mental health and encourage ruling out physical symptoms and how these may be manifesting from mental health symptoms, and vice versa.
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
I practice the use of defusion to help people especially with anxiety and negative thoughts to separate ourselves from our thoughts and increase personal resilience and control over how we are attending to our worries and needs. I often look at the impact of living into our values on our overall functioning and well-being as well.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I will often bring in elements of CBT when we notice themes and maladaptive beliefs about the self, often in the form of our inner critic voice.