Nancy Roberts
Nancy Roberts
(she/her)
Are you in a situation where friends and family are not enough help right now? There are times when almost everyone needs to talk to an objective person. If this is your first time in counseling finding out a little about about your counselor is just one of the steps you have to take. Another is understanding what counseling/therapy is. It's a confidential meeting with an objective professional trained to sort things out and identify if you are at risk of harming yourself because life is too painful to bear. Suppose you are dealing with an unbearable situation such as being threatened of losing a job, a death in the family, a serious illness of your own, ongoing disability or addiction, a relationship going sour or breakup, loss of any kind, depression, and anxiety, I can help you get back on track. I know life has its ups and downs and you can count on my acceptance. ,
Get to know me
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
You can feel free to ask me anything you want about my background as a therapist. If it's the first time in therapy I will be happy go over the forms you signed about confidentiality, its limits, the fees, and the Grow Therapy policies, I will go over the intake you filled out online and the short assessments. I will ask you some more questions about your health and how you are feeling that very day. We will make sure you feel safe and set up your first counseling goal
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
I have seen many situations which seemed impossible to resolve become manageable. My skill is creating a safe place in the sessions so you can experience relief from your dependency on another person ,place, or thing. In our sessions I teach you how to create that safe feeling in yourself. Although it seems almost like a miracle at first, the calm you get by depending on your inner strength is better than any substance or person. It gets lost in the course of life’s ups and downs. When you depend on yourself you can always feel okay, get peace of mind, and at best a chill happiness.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
Addiction, , self esteem , anxiety, depression, women's issues, neurodivergent , LGBTQ+ friendly
About Nancy Roberts
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Humanistic
I believe people are basically good. Starting with the first session you are in charge of your therapy . My role is as a caring guide trained in empathetic listening and nonjudgmental values to support your journey. I will always help you focus on your positive qualities and see you as a whole person, not on just the crisis or situation that brought you into counseling. This is how you can turn any situation around to your benefit. Since I started seeing helping people in college after working for credit in The Human Affairs Program I have always had this as my basis for counseling.
Solution Focused Brief Treatment
With this goal setting treatment you can focus from your first session on what would make you happy again. We will set a goal in your first session and revisit it in different ways until you feel satisfied your life has turned around and you can get to where you want to go. I started to use this modality after taking a popular class for anyone who wants to learn it. I can teach you how to use this in your famiy setting even though I am not a family therapist.
Interpersonal
It is a short-term therapy that helps you manage mood symptoms and improve interpersonal skills by addressing interpersonal challenges. We use situations in our lives at the moment that may be frustrating, depressing, or causing us anxiety and work on solving them with new coping skills so we can build our self-esteem and self-worth to where we want it to be. It is focused on attachment styles and how to dissolve the early ways we got rewarded for bad behavior from our parents and grandparents or babysitters. Its not intentional but as a mother myself, haven't I given cookies to a crying child while making dinner ? And not taken the time to find out what was going on?
Eclectic
I have found through my years of experience that it is best to draw on various theoretical orientations and techniques. I can help each person as the unique individual we are by not limiting myself to any one method. That is how completely different approaches, such as cognitive behavioral therapy and psychodynamic therapy, treat trauma in fewer sessions by exploring the past situation and then showing you how to rethink strategies that are effective in managing your life . For this purpose I use validation and help you to look forward as to how your make changes.
Motivational Interviewing
Collaboration is a partnership formed between the counselor and the client. In motivational interviewing, this relationship is based on the client's point of view and experiences. It is non-judgmental and respectful. From my work in substance abuse where nerves are raw in early sobriety I have found this wonderfu approach which is non confrontational to help clients bring out feelings which are hidde, maybe from shame or embarassement , or just forgottenn. bit everyone benefits even without addiction.This approach contrasts with some others where confrontation is used to bring out feelings.