Get to know me

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

The very first session with me is intake. This will include you and I sitting down either in office or via Grow and completing the initial evaluation. I encourage people to offer as much or as little as they would like especially when discussing historical information. I will also be assessing current symptoms and asking about how you notice that these symptoms impact you from a day-to-day prespective. Additionally, we'll go over practice policies, agreements, and confidentiality so that we are on the same page when we start therapy. Generally, sessions with me will almost always start with me asking, "What did it take you to get here today?"

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

Curiousity is my greatest strength. When we approach a concern or precieved problem with curiousity we afford ourselves the ability to explore and understand. Thoughts and ideas that we as humans often want to avoid or reject become interesting and possible sources of growth. Flexability is another strength that seems like a natural offshoot of curiousity. Some of my clients work best with interventions where support and safety are the most important featurs of the work. Other's need more focus on skills and psychoeducation. I am able to shift in the focus of my interventions and meet my client's needs.

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

We all start at different places in our journeys in mental health. Clients that work with me should be prepared to talk about and explore, in real time, relationships. How they relate to themselves and their behaviors, how this relates to the world, and how that relationship plays out during the therapeutic hour. Our experiences do not occur in a vacuum, and our lives are not lived in a void. To have a strong relationship with our mental health we must learn to have a strong relationship with the world around us.