Georgia Howland
I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who believes that feeling heard, understood, and accepted can be the beginning of meaningful change. My approach to therapy is warm, compassionate, and collaborative. I strive to create a space where you can feel comfortable showing up as your authentic self, without judgment or pressure to have everything figured out.
My sessions are unique because I never try to fit myself or anyone else into a cookie cutter shape.
I love helping people better understand themselves, navigate life's challenges, and recognize their own strengths along the way. I also believe that a little humor here and there never goes amiss.
First session
After our first session I hope that my clients would feel a bit of hope and a slight tingle of excitement at getting started.
Strengths
My sessions are unique because I never try to fit myself or anyone else into a cookie cutter shape. I won't use technical terms to try to make myself seem more professional. I will met you where you're at with language that makes you comfortable to be able to let go and be who you really are. From that I can help you identify all the things that make you strong and amazing and together we can us those strengths to help you overcome whatever it is that has brought you to see me. Everyone has something that makes them special and a place in life and the world just for them, the secret is to find it.
Ideal clients
My ideal client is someone who is ready to open up about whatever it is that has brought them in. I do realize that this can be a struggle but my number one goal is to make them comfortable so that they are able to do so. There is not one set of problems or struggles that I prefer over others, I love the unique issues that different people bring to a session. I also adore clients that have always felt a little different from the rest of the world and are often misunderstood. It's amazing to be able to find the things about them that they might once have seen as negative turned into strengths.
Origin story
I was waiting tables about 10 years ago and two of the teenage bussers were telling me their problems as we set up for dinner. I remember looking down at the glass I was polishing, realizing there needed to be more to my life than just setting tables, and then saying to the two girls that I wanted to become a therapist. They both looked at me and smiled and said that was the perfect job for me. I have always been one of those people that end up immediately getting the life stories and problems people are having almost immediately after being introduced. I feel that this has always been my calling and I am still as extremely passionate about it now as I was all those years ago. It was a lot of work to get where I am now but I never regretted it or took a pause in my journey.
Ongoing work together
If it's the right fit and the client decides to carry on, I feel that each session will be a further exploration of who the client is and what they need culminating in a sense of all of that being figured out. It takes time to get to that final feeling however so hope that after each session the client begins to feel more and more confident in the wonderful person they are. It's kind of like doing one workout and then immediately weighing yourself ,in that, though you may feel great after the workout you need to kept it to see results.
Treatment methods
Strength-Based
Instead of focusing on what's wrong we will focus on what's right and how we can get that out and into your life.
Person-centered (Rogerian)
The client leads the direction because it is the client who knows themselves the best.
Location
Virtual sessions
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Licensed in
- MaineLicense LC25971