LCSW, 24 years of experience
Hello, I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 24 years experience working with adults who are dealing with anxiety, depression, cancer and other chronic illnesses. People often face difficult points in life that can feel unmanageable and I help clients successfully navigate these challenges. We work together to identify goals and find the tools needed to effectively deal with difficult situations and emotions. I focus on providing a safe and supportive space where we can collaborate to build upon your strengths, learn new skills and work toward making positive, meaningful changes.
In our first session, we'll start with introductions and then review the intake form that you completed in advance. My goal is to learn about you as a person and understand what specific challenges you are facing. Together we will identify your therapy goals and lay out a plan for how you can achieve these.
I am a compassionate, non-judgmental and supportive therapist. I always start where you are at in your journey to healing and growth, helping you to identify meaningful, measurable and achievable goals. I recognize your existing strengths and work with you to acquire the tools and skills to build upon these.
I enjoy working with adults who want to better manage stress and symptoms of anxiety and depression due to difficult life circumstances and transitions. My clients are eager to improve, but don't yet have the skills and tools needed to make this goal a reality. Often times, my clients are ordinary people dealing with extraordinary circumstances. For over 16 years I have worked extensively with cancer patients (survivors!) as an Oncology Social Worker at a hospital-based cancer center. I am passionate about supporting and guiding people living with cancer and their loved ones - from time of diagnosis, through treatment and on into post-treatment survivorship.
I have specialized training in CBT and have used this method to successfully help clients for the past 23+ years. Clients often have unhelpful thought patterns that contribute to or perpetuate anxiety and depression and CBT is an effective treatment for changing these thought patterns and reducing symptoms.
Strength-based therapy is a method that I use with all clients. I believe that everyone comes to therapy with their own strengths and abilities and my goal is to help you tap into and build upon these strengths.
Solution Focused Brief Treatment (SFBT) is another method that I use frequently with clients. In addition to addressing emotional and cognitive issues, it is also helpful to accurately identify problems, evaluate possible solutions and then implement the most appropriate ones.
Humanistic therapy focuses on a person as an individual with unique potential and abilities and I use this with all of my clients. Instead of concentrating on what is wrong with people, I focus on existing abilities and how we can work together to promote personal growth to improve your ability to manage life's difficulties.