Hello, you can call me Mike, and I am first and foremost a professional listener. My goal is to hear your story, understand who you are and what your goals are, and help you achieve them. Through active listening we can collaborate to devise the best techniques and treatment methods to help you achieve the life you want. My goal is always first and foremost to have my clients feel they have more power over themselves and their lives.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
During our first session you will be able to share your goals, priorities, and concerns so we can set the tone for our future work.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
As a provider, I put client goals and well being as the center of my practice. I offer flexibility and understanding in working with scheduling. I offer sincere, active listening, connected to the techniques and resources that can help people achieve a more powerful, content life.
About Mike Serene
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200 Washington Ave, Towson, MD 21204Appointments
Virtual & in-personMy treatment methods
Child Parent Psychotherapy
This mode offers assessment, feedback, and intervention in how parents and children communicate and affect each other in the family system. This mode is most effective for resolving behavioral issues at home and school as well as improving relationships, trust, and communication for children of all ages.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
This method of therapy connects thoughts to feelings, then behaviors. It allows you to identify your own internal connections to thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, then identify ways to reframe your thoughts to have the feelings and outcomes you desire.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
This method incorporates traditional CBT with a more open-ended dialogue. It allows a more philosophical approach to changing thoughts, behaviors, and feelings, while incorporating personal ethics, spirituality, and life experiences.
Family Therapy
This mode of therapy involves the participation of members of the family that desire change in their relationships. The goal is to improve trust, communication, and mutual respect with the family unit by improving communication skills and identifying and working within the values and ethics of the family.
Trauma-Focused CBT
The method involves exploring and assessing the role of trauma in how one has learned to think and react in the world. This method is supportive and sensitive to the role trauma can bring in creating adaptive thought patterns that worked well in threatening environments, but cause harm in healthier circumstances.