I love what I do: Connecting with people. In the spirit of authenticity, let me start by saying how much my personal experiences have shaped my passion for helping others. If it wasn't for those who have supported, guided, and challenged me to find well-being, Feel Well With Arielle would still simply be an idea rather than the growing community it is today. My goal is to collaborate with my clients to get out of their own heads - and their own ways - to also find well-being. Together we will reflect, explore, and challenge any patterns that are no longer serving you to find ones that do.
A first session with me is always interesting, as I can only predict so much of how it's going to go. I like to let my clients lead with whats on the top of their minds and hearts, with some guided questions and reflections, of course. This space is about you, and whatever you want - and need - to get out of it.
Outside of being well-versed clinically, I meet my clients with authenticity and humanness. Feeling well and connected to oneself and others is not typically about being told what you want to hear, but more of what you need to hear to reflect, evolve, and connect. I am not the therapist that will sit back throughout session asking how something makes you feel and leaving it at that (although I know that's the kind of therapist some people need and prefer). I am the therapist that will support you and validate you while also challenging you to make the changes you need to make - as scary as they may be - to feel as well as you want to feel.
My clients are often people who are highly motivated to reflect, explore, and evolve. Codependency, attachment issues, eating disorders, and anxiety are some main areas of focus in my practice — as I have had professional and personal experience with all of the above. I have a true passion for helping people who struggle with the above (and more) recognize their own worth — then further align their behaviors with their shifted, and uplifted, perspective of themselves.
Narrative therapy helps us explore the stories we tell ourselves that both hinder and help. This method is specifically beneficial for those who want to challenge negative thinking patterns that no longer serve them to find more effective and authentic narratives that do.
Attachment theory helps us see how we respond to our current relationships based on our wounds from connects held dear in the past. When using this theory, we can start to approach relationships from a more secure lens to create healthy connections.
CBT is extremely beneficial in helping us see how our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are all tied together. With use of CBT methods, we find evidence-based practices to support challenging core beliefs and behaviors that no longer serve you or your relationships.