Hi, I'm Renee. Do you want to improve the quality of you life? Whether it be work related stress, motivation issues, anxiety, or frustrating relationships, I will work with you to identify what lifestyle factors and areas of growth can help you increase your confidence and reduce your stress levels. I also work with couples who are experiencing communication issues, unmet needs, and feeling lonely within the relationship, so that you can reconnect with your partner and feel valued, seen, and supported. Using a blend of Positive Psychology and Trauma-Informed Care, I work with clients to reclaim their sense of empowerment so they can feel like their best selves again.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In our first session, we'll get to know each other and begin to dive into what you'd like to work on in therapy. What brings you to therapy? What are your goals? How will you know that therapy is working for you? Working with you, we will come up with a plan to help you reach your goals.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I'm good at listening to what you're saying and connecting the dots so that you feel understood and empowered to find the solutions that work for you. In our sessions we will (1) discuss and gain clarity about what is bringing you to therapy, (2) determine the root causes and influences that impact your life in negative ways, and (3) begin implementing and optimizing desired change.
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Positive Psychology
Positive Psychology is an under-used tool in the therapist's tool belt; often times we can become very problem focused, and need to take a step back and focus on our strengths. As we being to bring awareness to the positive relationships in our life, and ask ourselves when we feel engaged in life, when do we feel happy, what gives us meaning, and what is our vision for our future, we can begin to create systems to support feeling good in our day-to-day lives.
Attachment-based
Attachment-based therapy focuses on understanding a how our historical attachment style with parents or caregivers impacts our friendships and romantic relationships in the present. Through that lens we can begin to process and understand what you want and need in an intimate relationship, and in relationships in general. We look at how your communication style impacts the quality of your relationships, and how your ability to experience discomfort and vulnerability may be holding you back from connecting on a more satisfying level. As an addition to Attachment based therapy, I will draw from Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) which is a great model for both individuals and couples to begin to understand their attachment style, their needs and wants, and how they communicate under pressure. When we have a greater context for understanding our wants, needs, communication style, responses to stress, and our histories, we begin to understand how and why things might get off track with others.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) helps a person begin to regulate their nervous system in two ways, 1) through mindfulness and training the brain to gain and maintain more calm, and 2) by providing an neurobiological explanation for how the interventions create new behavioral patterns that improve one's relationship with themselves and others.
Psychoeducation
Psychoeducation is an important part of the treatment as it provides a context for understanding why the interventions work, and how they help clients meet their therapeutic goals.
Mind-body approach
Bringing awareness to our experience, both of our private, internal world, and the shared experience of the external world, be begin to gather information about what works and what doesn't work in our lives. Blending practicality and kindness as we attend to "what is happening" or, reality on it's own terms, we build up the strength and fortitude to manage the storms and stressors of life while staying a little more true to the nature of our best selves. Finding the ability to turn down the sympathetic response of the nervous system and get back into a relaxed, rested state means we can show up in our integrity more often.