Vanessa Lopez Asaah

Acceptance and commitment (ACT)

I integrate ACT with clients who are struggling to look inward and see their worth, who fear change and transitions, who experience dissociative symptoms or panic attacks. This treatment method helps see all that impacts your wellbeing both mind and body, internal and external, without having to over identify. It helps you separate from your circumstances so that you can empower yourself to take actions that promotes your health and wellbeing.

Compassion Focused

As human beings, we are all deserving of dignity and respect. A compassion focused treatment assists the therapeutic relationship by creating a safe and accepting space so you can feel welcome. It assists to access your human skills of kindness and connection so you can face what you have been avoiding that is negatively impacting your wellbeing. The hope is that you gain confidence in applying a compassionate view so that you can make choices that will get you unstuck and active toward the life you want to have.

Eclectic

I have developed a practice that integrates formal treatment approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) with universal wisdom such as cultural indigenous practices and mindfulness. These practices have been integrated to daily living for millennia to create balance and heal. My hope is that you can be open to the wisdom of your roots; culture, faith, ancestry, and your nature so that it can be in relationship with you during treatment.

Narrative

I integrate Narrative Exposure Therapy to process difficult stressful events and interpersonal wounds from the past impacting your present life. This form of treatment helps you develop the ability to manage painful memories and understand the body response to the trauma lived so that you can free yourself from emotional flooding toward balance.