Hi, I’m Jan Quirl, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 30 years of experience in independent practice. I enjoy helping clients through difficult times in their lives and I work together with them to help create the kind of life they want to live. I have 30 years of experience helping clients with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, grief and loss, breakups, divorce, anger management and LGBT issues. Ive been a strong advocate and ally for the LGBTQIA+ community. I’m an art therapist having completed two years at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York and a Spiritual Counselor with a Master’s of Divinity degree from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. I love my work and enjoy working with my clients to help them create the life they want to have.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In our first session, I’ll introduce myself, inquire about any previous therapy experiences and ask clients to describe what has brought them to therapy. We’ll review the initial paperwork and I’ll answer any questions clients may have. In addition, we’ll begin to set achievable goals together. We’ll also begin to see if we’re a good therapy match.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I’m a good listener, as well as warm, compassionate, and supportive. I bring all my experience and knowledge as a therapist as well as connect deeply. I love what I do, and very much enjoy seeing my clients grow and change over time. I’m honest in exploring the underlying issues clients may have. I also have a good sense of humor.
About Jan Quirl
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Narrative
I use this treatment method in helping clients review their life stories, make connections between their present concerns and past history through the use of poetry, art, and/or fictional stories as a way to assist them in examining and interpreting their current life challenges.
Psychodynamic
I’ve studied, experienced, and utilized Object Relations theory with clients for 25 years in order to assist them in exploring the internal, complex world of object representations informing how they view the world and outside relationships.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I utilize CognitiveBehavioral therapy in order to help clients identify the negative thoughts, problematic behaviors, and triggers which serve as self-defeating beliefs and/or cognitive distortions in order to help interrupt the habitual thinking, change them, and modify them so they become more positive, reasonable and adaptive.
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