approach each challenge as an opportunity for meaningful and long-lasting growth. As a team, we will focus on growth and healing that extends well beyond the therapy setting.
approach each challenge as an opportunity for meaningful and long-lasting growth. As a team, we will focus on growth and healing that extends well beyond the therapy setting.
I approach working with each client in an individualized, personal way. I believe in the power of a therapist and client to form a team that cultivates growth, empowerment, and lasting change. I use tools from a variety of theories to aid treatment.
collaborate together to help you reconnect with your authentic self and develop better ways to handle the external and internal challenges that are standing in the way of your ideal life.
collaborate together to help you reconnect with your authentic self and develop better ways to handle the external and internal challenges that are standing in the way of your ideal life.
My approach to therapy is grounded in the principles of IFS, which helps clients identify, connect to, and work with or heal the parts of themselves that may be stuck in old patterns or negative beliefs from a place of compassion and curiosity.
We will invite expressing the most difficult thoughts and feelings, even those you may have had to silence in the past. We will also have the space to wonder and examine unknowns and fears that help illuminate the understanding of self.
We will invite expressing the most difficult thoughts and feelings, even those you may have had to silence in the past. We will also have the space to wonder and examine unknowns and fears that help illuminate the understanding of self.
I prioritize building trust and connection with you as we invite growth and curiosity. We will focus on the here and now to explore harmful patterns and pinpoint areas of change; identifying, accepting, and finding ways to address your challenges.
Collaborate to 1) uncover root causes for present feelings and behaviors and 2) develop strategies and tools to reduce unwanted feelings or behaviors and 3) build confidence, a sense of agency, and greater understanding of self and others.
Collaborate to 1) uncover root causes for present feelings and behaviors and 2) develop strategies and tools to reduce unwanted feelings or behaviors and 3) build confidence, a sense of agency, and greater understanding of self and others.
I draw on multiple theories (attachment, person centered, CBT, motivational interviewing, family systems, narrative) to reflect how past experiences shape current feelings and behaviors. I help remove shame/guilt through education and reframing.
Get thought a period of panic together. My original career path was to be an ER doctor and I worked on probation/parole as a therapist, so helping people get through a period of crisis and to find the light among the chaos is my specialty.
Get thought a period of panic together. My original career path was to be an ER doctor and I worked on probation/parole as a therapist, so helping people get through a period of crisis and to find the light among the chaos is my specialty.
For couples' therapy, my duty is to help enable a conversation, provide referee-ing, and provide relevant education; but for the most part, its about having the couple talk to each other and I only speak up when necessary.