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Deneen Maria Asuncion

Deneen Maria Asuncion

(she/her)

LCSW
22 years of experience
Warm
Solution oriented
Humorous
Virtual

Do you have others around you who support you? Has there been any change in your sleep, physical activity, and/ or diet? How would you rate your current stress level? Lastly, is it a constant battle to maintain a semi-positive outlook on life due to unresolved grief and loss issues? * Current Certifications: 1. ADHD- Certified Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP) 2. Certified Grief Professional (CGP) 3. Certified Mindfulness- Informed Professional (CMIP) 4. Certified Addictions- Informed Professional (CAIMHP) • As a psychotherapist, I work towards building effective relationships with my clients. The care that I provide is collaborative, coordinated, and attainable. • My patients' and their family members' preferences, values, cultural traditions, and socioeconomic conditions are always respected. • My patients will consistently receive emotional support to relieve fear, behavioral issues, anxiety, and depression. • My qualities as a highly skilled psychotherapist are as follows: patient, solution-focused, empathetic, confident, observant, excellent listening skills, and respect for diversity. • My primary goal is empowering you to create or maintain a healthy sense of emotional, physical, social, and spiritual well-being. My specialties are as follows: 1. Work-related stress 2. Women's issues 3. Men's Issues 4. Abortion, Pregnancy Loss, Miscarriage, and Infertility 5. Stress Management 6. Anxiety Disorders 7. Depression 8. Sleep Disturbances 9. Relationship Problems 10. Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Social Anxiety, and Phobias 11. Fully Remote Work/ Hybrid Workers 12. Stay-at-Home Mom/ Dad 13. Individuals with Disabilities such as Chronic Pain, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (Children/ Adolescents/ Adults), Little Person (Children/ Adolescents/Adults), Musculoskeletal Injuries, Cancer, Blind, Immune-Disorders, Down Syndrome, Specific Learning Disorders, Epilepsy, etc. 14. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Issues 15. Addiction and Substance Misuse Issues You deserve a consistently safe place to heal and grow. In our sessions, I will join you with compassion and evidence-based practices - so that you can get through this very difficult time in your life.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

For the first session, we will work together to create the treatment plan, which is the driving force of your treatment. You will also get to know me as a psychotherapist. It will be a smooth transition into a unique, therapeutic relationship.

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

My niche is helping my patients acquire safe coping skills. I encourage my patients to let go of the things/thoughts that no longer serve them. I tend to integrate CBT techniques with other therapeutic techniques such as somatic or body-centered psychology. I am very good at instilling hope. Grief is the most powerful and complex emotion that we must experience. I will help you to gradually free yourself from the depths of sadness and loss of energy.

Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.

Teenagers as well as Young, Middle Aged, and Older adults. Clients residing in either California or New York.

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My treatment methods

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

I have utilized CBT - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for over 20 years in my career as a psychotherapist. My clients have experienced excellent results from the utilization of CBT as change agent in the therapeutic process. I utilize CBT by (1) identifying problematic behaviors or experience(s); (2) Assisting my clients in increasing awareness of beliefs, thoughts, and behaviors, and (3) Changing or replacing negative or inaccurate beliefs, thoughts, and behaviors with positive, appropriate beliefs, thoughts, and behaviors. With relative ease, my clients work on achieving self-improvement in all areas of their lives. "No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you've come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself." Eckhart Tolle

Eclectic

I have utilized an eclectic approach to providing therapy for the majority of my practice as a psychotherapist. My clients have responded very well to a myriad of the treatment modalities that I have utilized in the helping process. Depending on the client's problem(s) and motivation/ expectations, I integrate a variety of evidence-based treatment modalities such as CBT, CBT- I (CBT for Insomnia), EFT Tapping - Emotional Freedom Techniques, Attachment Based Work, Humanistic Approach, Person-Centered Approach, Positive Psychology, Family Systems Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Psychoanalytic Approach, Psychodynamic Approach, Trauma - Focused CBT, Relational Therapy, Strength Based Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Solution Based Therapy, and Reality Therapy. With the Eclectic Approach, I tailor the treatment plan to my clients' specific needs or expectations. The client has a higher success rate by utilizing a myriad of insight and coping skills to maintain a positive change in behavior. Eclectic method is considered the "Multi Modal." Custom designed treatment.