Greetings and welcome! Are you struggling with worry or panic, sadness, stressful or rapidly changing life circumstances, or traumatic experiences from your past? Stress, overwhelming emotions, or overall frustration with one's current life's path can zap the life energy from even the most stout-hearted among us! My name is Lee, and, as a licensed clinical psychologist, I empower high-functioning individuals struggling with a wide range of challenges to take back their lives and live with meaning and fulfillment. It is your birthright as a human being to experience peace of mind, hope, and joy. In our sessions together, I will help you find and use your strengths and resources to overcome the current challenges keeping you from living your most authentic, engaged, and meaningful life. I appreciate the courage it took for you to reach out to improve the quality of your life. Yes, you absolutely can live your most fulfilling life, and I offer to be your guide who will strive to enlighten, empower, and support you on your journey. I hope we can travel this part of your journey together!
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
Our first session together will generally be a “get to know you” session in which I will gather information about you and the circumstances that bring you to therapy. We will also explore what is important to you, the fundamental building blocks of living an engaged and fulfilling life. Throughout our time together, you will learn the tools you need to deal more effectively with painful thoughts and feelings so they will have less of an impact and influence over you, allowing you to make positive changes consistent with what matters to you. Our subsequent sessions will also focus on your being heard so that, in discovering what is working or not working for you, we can tweak the tools to maximize their effectiveness.
What treatment methods and tools do you utilize?
Using principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), our work together will enhance your ability to accept what is out of your control and commit to taking effective action aimed at improving the quality of your life. ACT’s goal is to help you create a rich and meaningful life while effectively handling the stress, pain, and suffering that goes along with it. ACT achieves this goal by reducing the negative impact of painful thoughts and feelings and by helping you clarify what matters most to you (your values). ACT then uses that knowledge to guide, inspire, and motivate you toward making positive changes in your life. I also incorporate elements of cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness-based, systems-based, and solution-oriented approaches as are useful depending on your unique situation.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
You deserve to be treated with empathy, respect, dignity, and compassion. As a person-centered therapist, I offer a judgment-free zone where you can count on my commitment to providing a safe, welcoming, and confidential environment during our time together. I don’t profess to have the specific answers you seek, but I fervently believe you have those answers within you, and I will focus our time together by listening to you and helping you discover and proceed on your most meaningful and fulfilling path forward.