Amanda Showe
Taking the first step towards healing takes courage, and I'm glad you're here. My name is Amanda, and I hope to walk with you through your journey towards a healthier "You." I believe each person is intrinsically valuable. I believe that we have the ability within us to heal and move towards greater health. I believe that people are not broken into separate disparate parts but are a whole person, whose minds, bodies, and spirits work together, and in order to work towards health, each of these areas needs to be addressed. I see myself as a person who is privileged to walk beside my clients in their unique journey towards healing; providing encouragement, education, the occasional gentle pushback when necessary, and reminders of your innate strength and capacity. This holistic, empowerment-based approach is one that I live out in my own life, how I parent my children, and how I love and support my friends.
First session
In our first session, I will introduce myself, share my treatment approach, and listen as you share what brought you to my office. Together we will explore what goals you're working towards and collaboratively brainstorm the best options and path to get there.
Strengths
I strongly believe that each person is both unique and more than their mind/thoughts. Therefore, it's important that I am equipped with skills and approaches that consider and treat the whole person. When you share your specific concerns, we will work together to explore all the potential root causes for your distress. This will include not only talking about thoughts and beliefs, but exploring the connection between your mind and your body, considering things like nutrition, movement, and sleep, learning how to move from a state of being triggered to calm and being educated on why this happens, and also doing the deeper level work of desensitizing and reprocessing specific experiences so that they no longer bring distress or hold you captive to the negative beliefs that have become ingrained. Additionally, I'm also comfortable addressing issues of spirituality and bringing that into the treatment plan if that is something you desire.
Ideal clients
Albert Einstein said, "I have no special talent, I am only passionately curious." I think curiosity is one of our most precious and useful gifts, and I love a client that is willing to be curious with me. I use a trauma informed, nonjudgemental approach, and am comfortable working with both women and men from different backgrounds and different life stages, starting in their late teens through adulthood.
Treatment methods
EMDR
Using EMDR, I will help you identify distressing or traumatic experiences and the thoughts, emotions, and body sensations connected to them. Through bilateral stimulation and a specific protocol, EMDR assists in reprocessing the dysfunctionally stored memories, thereby desensitizing those memories, challenging negatively held beliefs, and allowing you to develop healthier beliefs about yourself. EMDR also addresses how the experience has been stored in the body and seeks to remove and provide relief from those sensations as well.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
CBT helps identify the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and recognize patterns that may be contributing to your difficulties. Together, we would challenge unhelpful or inaccurate thoughts and practice more balanced ways of thinking and behaving.
Faith based therapy
If you wish to incorporate faith into treatment, I will integrate those spiritual beliefs, values, and practices into the therapeutic process. This could include prayer, looking at scripture, and what the Bible says about your struggles.
Somatic
By focusing on the nervous system and the body in general, I would help educate you on how sensations in your body inform and protect you, and work with you to notice how stress, emotions, and past experiences show up in the body as well as your thoughts. Sessions might include breathing exercises, grounding, and movement, to recognize and regulate physical responses to stress and emotion.
Location
Virtual sessions
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- MarylandLicense 16559