Get to know me

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

First of all, we will engage in a brief introduction including "what has brought you to Grow Therapy today?" Then, the next step, is the intake history. The intake history illustrates your background, where you live, how long, are you single, married, in a relatioship, health history, and other questions which leads us to the next step, the treatment plan. You are the expert in guiding the treatment plan process. This is where you share what goals you would like to work on as part of therapy. These goals are formally stated in the treatment plan and we work together so you can achieve your specific goals towards hope and healing.

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

According to my clients, my strengths are: a good listener, patient, makes client's feel welcomed, felt at ease, safe, validated, has a good sense of humor, uses great metaphors and stories to illustrate a point that clients are able to relate to, making skills easier to learn, understand and apply. Clients favorably add that the problem solving techniques that were taught could be easily applied to any situation. Clients would report that I would assist client's in identifying the root causes of client's problems and assist client's in applying skills to manage issues. Meeting clients where they are at, when it comes to ensuring client readiness to move forward with processing challenges, was reported by clients as reassuring. Assisting clients in developing an obtainable plan, that leads to successful outcomes, were all common strengths identified by clients. Individuals that find the most the benefit working with me are often compassionate humans seeking a safe space to feel heard, needing support when they feel confused, stuck, or overwhelmed in their lives. My strengths are to guide you, share with you what I see through your own lens, as you describe your experiences in the world, offering insight, assisting you with unfolding and developing your own awareness, while navigating you through the path of options.

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

I enjoy working with clients who have often expressed "feeing stuck" and "overwhelmed", depressed, disappointed, fearful, tearful, and anxious, as they have not processed emotions in a healthy manner that have negatively impacted their lives at work, home, school, within relationships, or, have lead to inner turmoil within themselves. Sometimes, clients turn to unhealthy habits to override or "numb out" their emotions but the underlying root causes are still beneath the surface which often leads to substance use and other addictions. Clients who have experienced traumas such as: narcisstic abuse, physical , emotional or sexual abuse, grief/loss of any kind, body image issues, attachment or abandonment issues often feel as they are "not good enough" and often experience shame, blame and guilt from the abuse that occurred and was not their fault. There is hope and healing waiting.+