When we experience loss, unwanted change, or trauma it can shake our foundations and lead to pain, confusion, and heartache. While we can't prevent life from happening or undo what we've been through, my practice is based on a deeply held belief in the ability for all of us to heal and resume living with meaning and purpose. Recognizing where you're feeling blocked, stuck, or hurt will inform where we focus our efforts. Granting ourselves full permission to feel and express the depth of our feelings is instrumental to healing and growth. My role is to bear witness to your experience while offering support and encouragement as you recognize and process your feelings. Through curiosity, presence, and attunement I seek to facilitate individual's getting back to living through effectively addressing, expelling, and moving past what has caused pain. Owning how we feel without asking for permission, learning how to internally validate ourselves, and developing self regulation strategies will help when we experience intense challenges. We can learn to change our narratives and work towards unconditional self love and acceptance. Please trust yourself and your wisdom when doing healing work.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In our sessions together my intention is that you will consistently experience a therapist who is attuned, engaged, and open to your experience. My hope is that you will leave each conversation with increased insight and skills for mood management in between sessions.
What treatment methods and tools do you utilize?
I most often use Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT). I use these modalities most frequently because I find them to be the most effective in changing our internal stories and external behaviors - both of which are necessary for decreasing depression, anxiety, and stress. My therapeutic philosophy recognizes you as the expert of your life. I prioritize each person's individual needs over a specific therapeutic modality.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
What I bring to the table are techniques that I have seen help countless people over the years. These include presence, curiosity, and offering nonjudgmental acceptance. Metaphorically this could be conceptualized as me providing a mirror, a different map, or a good book depending on what the individual needs to help them on their path.
Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.
Depression, anxiety, stress, life transitions, adjustment disorders, self esteem.