Hi. I'm Marquita and I've been a social worker for 15 years and counting. I strive to help my clients navigate this challenging journey we know as life. Sometimes on this journey, we experience things such as anxiety, depression, life changes, set backs, and other bumps in the road, but what I've learned is that we can almost always navigate through or around them and keep on going. I use some conventional as well as unconventional techniques to work with my clients. I like to start where you are and not where I think you should be. We will use a mixture of cognitive behavioral, behavioral, mindfulness, and many other techniques to help us solve problems that we identify. I say "we", because we will do this together, but I allow you to drive. That just means I trust that you know yourself better than I do, but I will strive to help you find out just how strong you are and empower you to thrive in your life. We can do this together!
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In our first session, I will spend some time getting to know you. This will allow me to understand what brought you to therapy in the first place and will help me gain footing on how we will move forward together. After that, we will talk about how often will be best for us to meet, what other treatment methods you've tried in the past, what worked and what didn't and some new types of therapy you may be open to. We will set some goals (ones that you find important) to accomplish through therapy and throughout our time together, we will check in to find out where we are with meeting your goals and if the need to be adjusted or if they've been accomplished.
What treatment methods and tools do you utilize?
I use a lot of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Behavioral Tools, Educational tools, mindfulness tools/ deep breathing tools, person-centered approach and solution-focused approach. I use many others on top of these, but these are my bases.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
My strengths are that when my client tells me something about themselves, I believe them and I work with them from the point that they feel it works best for them. I empower them. I may be your therapist, but I believe you know yourself better than anyone else, and pride myself in providing you with the safe space to help you discover that being and pull that person out of their shell so they can THRIVE!