Through our work together, I will help you to uncover positive coping skills to manage life's challenges including boundary setting, healthy communication strategies, management of emotional distress and reducing unhelpful thinking patterns.
Through our work together, I will help you to uncover positive coping skills to manage life's challenges including boundary setting, healthy communication strategies, management of emotional distress and reducing unhelpful thinking patterns.
I am experienced in helping clients to identify, understand and cope with thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and inadequacy. I also employ techniques to assist clients in reducing avoidant responses to stressors and to practice self-compassion.
Work collaboratively to work on what you feel needs improvements in your life with me providing guidance, challenge when necessary, and constant support. We will work on improving your overall quality of life while emphasizing underlying issues.
Work collaboratively to work on what you feel needs improvements in your life with me providing guidance, challenge when necessary, and constant support. We will work on improving your overall quality of life while emphasizing underlying issues.
My clients enjoy my directive approach as I pull from a variety of theories (CBT, Humanistic/Empathy, Empowerment, Collaborative) and use a wide range of proven methods to establish the best combination of therapeutic tools to help my clients.
talk about and process any traumas, difficult feelings & emotions you are experiencing now. We can work together to break down any barriers that are preventing you from becoming your most authentic self
talk about and process any traumas, difficult feelings & emotions you are experiencing now. We can work together to break down any barriers that are preventing you from becoming your most authentic self
my ultimate goal is to build a therapeutic alliance with the client and provide a safe and secure space where the client feels comfortable talking about small and big challenges they are facing
We will work on identifying the threads, both painful and joyful, that run through the stories of your life. Once we get a good sense of those contours, we'll start gently tugging apart the threads until the knot doesn't hurt anymore.
We will work on identifying the threads, both painful and joyful, that run through the stories of your life. Once we get a good sense of those contours, we'll start gently tugging apart the threads until the knot doesn't hurt anymore.
I often use more skills-based therapies as we begin work together to decrease the frequency and intensity of your symptoms. After you feel more stable, we use more insight-based, psychodynamic, and trauma-informed therapies to create lasting change.
We will explore the functions of beliefs and behaviors that are no longer serving you. We will release trauma, anxiety and feelings stored in your body so that you can have a fulfilling life.
We will explore the functions of beliefs and behaviors that are no longer serving you. We will release trauma, anxiety and feelings stored in your body so that you can have a fulfilling life.
I have spent the past 15 years working in intensive treatment settings (eating disorders, substance use disorders, trauma, anxiety, depression and related-disorders). I incorporate DBT, IFS-informed, polyvagal theory and psychodynamic approaches.