Hi Im Dr. Schiffner! Are you feeling high stress and overwhelmed on how to best manage? Do you find that you simply need a helpful listening ear? Do you often wish you had guidance to clarify your life circumstances? Compassionate and heart focused therapy can help! Im a licensed clinical psychologist providing culturally inclusive and empowerment based psychotherapy focused on heart healing. I believe it is necessary to attend to the ‘heart’ of the matter when faced with struggles. I utilize relational theories combined with solution focused, cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness, and strengths based to help clients discover personal meaning, develop life skills, build resiliency, as well as promote self-care and wellness. My approach is guided by the clinical nature of the concerns, which can in turn be collaborative, consultative and/or directive; hence tailored to meet the unique and specific needs of the client. My style is relational and interactive providing guidance with compassionate feedback that helps reshape emotional experiences, thoughts, and behavior. It is inviting of non-judgmental curiosity so to achieve insight and self-compassion throughout the change process. I help highly motivated clients find balance of mind, body and spirit. In our sessions together, I will offer a safe space for exploration, allowing you to share at the deepest level with openness and curiosity, and meet you with compassionate support and resourceful guidance. There is a greatness that comes with an investment in self-empowerment and it is always an honor to work alongside individuals who are committed to this journey. Are you ready to cultivate your inner wisdom for divine alignment with your true self? I look forward to taking these steps alongside with you.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
I aim to provide affirmative, empowerment-based, relational, insight-oriented, inclusive, and culturally-responsive services to help clients discover personal meaning, develop life skills, build resiliency, as well as promote self-care and wellness. Clients who work with me can expect to focus on their thoughts, emotions, behaviors and relational patterns from a heart centered approach. I adapt my clinical interventions on the unique background, presenting concerns, and motivation of you as the client.
What treatment methods and tools do you utilize?
I tend to draw on mindfulness, compassion, strengths based and other evidence based modalities. I emphasize holistic approaches that honor the interconnectedness of the mind, body and spirit so to promote an empowered sense of wellbeing and life satisfaction. I work collaboratively with clients using core tools of support, compassion, affirmation, exploration, guidance with feedback that helps reshape emotional experience, comprehension and behavior.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
My biggest strengths are deep listening, compassion focus, collaborative problem solving as well as an honest and transparent approach. I consider myself to be a generalist yet areas of specialization include relationship difficulties; adjustment concerns/life transitions and health/wellness.