LP, 15 years of experience
Dr. Montijo-Tai is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of Arizona. She earned her PsyD in Clinical Psychology from the Arizona School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University and has over 15 years of experience. She has extensive experience working with individuals from across the lifespan. She has worked in community mental health, forensic psychology, neuropsychological rehabilitation, and school-based settings. Dr. Montijo-Tai has also worked in many integrated and multidisciplinary environments and has served as a psychology consultant in medical hospital settings. If you are feeling stuck or overwhelmed in life, relationships, or career, Dr. Montijo-Tai will work with you to explore your challenges, set clear goals, and provide you with the tools to build confidence, develop new perspectives, and create sustainable change.
For Dr. Montijo-Tai, successful therapy is a collaborative process where both the therapist and client work together toward meaningful change. During the first session, you and Dr. Montijo-Tai will discuss what has brought you to therapy and the goals you would like to work toward. From there, she will tailor the therapeutic process to meet your needs, incorporating evidence-based and thoughtful interventions that align with your personal growth.
As a clinician, Dr. Montijo-Tai is known for her empathic listening, creating a safe and supportive environment where clients can explore their emotions and experiences. She believes in taking a holistic and culturally sensitive approach to therapy and is dedicated to empowering her clients to take meaningful steps toward lasting change while developing a stronger understanding of themselves in the process.
Dr. Montijo-Tai works with adults who are eager to make lasting changes and gain a deeper understanding of themselves. She values clients who are motivated to engage in the therapeutic process and who are open to taking an active role in their own healing journey. She believes that therapy is most effective when clients are willing to work collaboratively to engage in thoughtful self-reflection and utilize skills learned outside of sessions.
Experiential therapy focuses on expressive techniques and interventions connecting the body and mind. By doing this in the here and now, we can gain insight, develop coping skills, and resolve issues. It allows for improved emotion regulation thereby reducing stress/anxiety and improving relationships.
By understanding how our thoughts contribute to our actions and emotions, we gain better understanding of ourselves. This also allows for the development of skills to take a more active approach to our reactions and our experiences.
Psychodynamic therapy helps to explore the impact of early childhood experiences on our way of understanding and experiencing the world around us. By identifying and resolving unresolved conflicts or unconscious defensives/motives, we can enhance interpersonal relationships, improve self awareness and develop better coping skills.
We all have potential within us to be the best version of ourselves. A humanistic approach to therapy recognizes this potential in a client centered holistic perspective. By exploring, in a safe and supportive environment, your unique experiences, perceptions, and values, we foster self-awareness. By taking this perspective rather than focusing on external factors, we take responsibility for our own lives to allow for self growth.
An integrative approach to treatment allows for flexibility based on the clients needs. By using different modalities in an integrative fashion, treatment can be truly tailored to the client rather than fitting the client into one box and one way of understanding from one perspective.