focus on not just “what happened” but also what strength it took to make it through, exploring uncertainty, fears and discovering your unique path of healing and growth. Nothing you say will be shunned or shamed, so let’s jump into this together!
focus on not just “what happened” but also what strength it took to make it through, exploring uncertainty, fears and discovering your unique path of healing and growth. Nothing you say will be shunned or shamed, so let’s jump into this together!
I believe that everyone is incredibly resilient and has their own unique strengths. I enjoy working with teens and adults to uncover and tune into those strengths while we process difficulties experiences, thoughts, and emotions.
Take a journey and discover the parts of you that would like to be known. Let's get some relief for your symptoms and hopefully improve your overall life experience.
Take a journey and discover the parts of you that would like to be known. Let's get some relief for your symptoms and hopefully improve your overall life experience.
I'm a firm believer in allowing clients to go at their own pace. I feel like there's a big difference between holding a client accountable to meet their therapeutic goals (Good!) and pushing people out of their comfort zone (Not Good!).
Kennedy teaches coping strategies/skills to decrease and manage negative thinking patterns through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Kennedy utilizes Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) which teaches emotional regulation skills.
Kennedy teaches coping strategies/skills to decrease and manage negative thinking patterns through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Kennedy utilizes Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) which teaches emotional regulation skills.
Kennedy’s focus is allowing individuals to recognize their irrational or negative thoughts/beliefs (Cognitive Distortions), and how their thoughts, expectations, perceptions, and beliefs impact unhealthy emotions.
Overcome your shame. Understand the roots of your pain. Heal, release, and gain insight from your past. Regulate your emotions and choose your responses. Experience safety in your mind, body, and spirit. Develop compassion for self and others.
Overcome your shame. Understand the roots of your pain. Heal, release, and gain insight from your past. Regulate your emotions and choose your responses. Experience safety in your mind, body, and spirit. Develop compassion for self and others.
Our time can be as structured or as unstructured as you want it to be. You may come in with specific childhood wounds you want to process, or you may simply need a safe and comforting place to unburden. However you may be, come as you are.
Each session is an opportunity to sort through your experiences and strengths and use them to help you create a life you love and aligns with your hopes, dreams, and values.
Each session is an opportunity to sort through your experiences and strengths and use them to help you create a life you love and aligns with your hopes, dreams, and values.
Your lived experiences, challenges, and strengths are unique to you, so it is important for me understand your goals and vision. I work from a person-centered, trauma-informed, and strengths-based approach and utilize evidence-based treatments.