If you are tired of living a life that is far from your ideal and feeling dissatisfied with life, tired of stressors and being in negative emotional states (anxious/depressed), tired of feeling loss of control over your life, or tired of ongoing relationship issues (communication and conflict issues, frustration and dissatisfaction, and/or betrayal issues) causing you distress in anyway ... you have visited the right page. Greetings to you and welcome to my profile! I am Julienne (Jay), your therapist. I appreciate seeing that you're making your wellness and/or the wellness of your relationship a priority. I enjoy helping people create the life they dream of. My area of expertise is working with those dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, adjustment issues, and for sure relationship issues. I am most interested in your best hope (ideal life) and helping you to make it your reality through a solution focused process.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
To make an informed decision about working with me, I prefer setting up a quick free 15-minute consult to discuss your needs and answer your questions related to my approach. IF YOU DON'T SEE A TIME THAT WORKS FOR YOU DO REACH OUT TO ME DIRECTLY *FOR COUPLES, it's important that you complete the comprehensive couple's assessment, we can discuss this more during your 15-minute consultation call or during your first full consultation session with me. In the first session, we are establishing an end goal. I like to start with the end in mind, this helps me to customize your therapeutic experience in a way that will best meet your needs. ***It's important to note here that there is a late cancellation and no-show charge of $60, if you've booked and need to cancel your appointment for any reason, do so 24 hours before your scheduled session to avoid fees.***
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
My greatest strength is working with couples. This is a work of passion for me, beyond my academic knowledge I have over a decade's worth of experience supporting couples and I have personal marriage experience as well. I also work well with those experiencing issues with life stressors, depression, and anxiety.
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Solution Focused Brief Treatment
This method helps to reach treatment goals in fewer sessions 3-10 typically but can be more depending on the severity of presenting issues. I use this method to address all matters in my practice. This is a goal-oriented method, a short-term process that focuses on solutions rather than problems. My clients find this method extremely helpful, hopeful, and encouraging in helping to communicate their desired future and exploring pathways to achieving it.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
This evidence-based approach I use to help clients identify and challenge core beliefs, negative thoughts, and maladaptive behaviors contributing to their problems. Sessions will consist of me teaching and building coping skills to encourage healthier and positive behavior changes that are implemented in practice particularly outside of sessions. I use CBT together with SFBT and find it helps clients meet their goals. Again change can happen as soon as the very first session though depending on the severity of the presenting issues, the clients' response to information, and their level of motivation to implement tools and resources may interfere on how soon change can be experienced. CBT is mostly employed when we're addressing stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms.
Couples Counseling
This type of psychotherapy is used with every couple I work with to help improve their relationship dynamic. My process is very unique and structured yet still caters to addressing your specific relationship needs. I do use various approaches, including solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT), attachment theory, the Gottman method, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and a host of other methods/tools as deemed appropriate. The length of sessions depends on the severity of the couple's presenting state and is determined by the couple themselves. However I encourage committing to at least 10 sessions to stabilize the relationship back to health. Meaningful changes do and can be experienced as early as the first session. For this process to be effective both must first desire to address the relationship challenges together, be motivated, be open to the process, be willing to engage, and be ready to do what is recommended during and outside of the sessions.