In our work together my aim to help you find new ways of navigating external stressors and difficult internal experiences, deepening self compassion and love for yourself/others, and learning to create a fulfilling value driven existence.
In our work together my aim to help you find new ways of navigating external stressors and difficult internal experiences, deepening self compassion and love for yourself/others, and learning to create a fulfilling value driven existence.
My approach is informed by acceptance based strategies that emphasize skill based solutions, present moment awareness, value alignment, and self compassion. I am person centered and draw heavily on tenets of strength based positive psychology
Notice, name and normalize emotions. Explore the ways that emotions motivate our behaviors. And how these behaviors may honor your experience, but may also move you away from what you value or how you want to act. Finding ways to act mindfully.
Notice, name and normalize emotions. Explore the ways that emotions motivate our behaviors. And how these behaviors may honor your experience, but may also move you away from what you value or how you want to act. Finding ways to act mindfully.
My counseling style is that of honesty and collaboration. You are the expert of your own life, but I hope to be a support in identifying goals that improve your quality of life and connect you more to what you value through our work together.
Embark on an exploration of self-awareness, revealing solutions that align with your authentic self. Overcoming life's hurdles, we'll discover your unique path, unlocking an inner reservoir of joy.
Embark on an exploration of self-awareness, revealing solutions that align with your authentic self. Overcoming life's hurdles, we'll discover your unique path, unlocking an inner reservoir of joy.
I integrate Eastern and Western philosophies, combining cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and time-tested stoic principles to facilitate self-awareness and transformative growth.
...understand your problems in a nonjudgemental way. We will understand how they make sense given your life experiences. We will acknowledge your strengths while also figure out what improvements in your thinking, feeling and functioning can be made.
...understand your problems in a nonjudgemental way. We will understand how they make sense given your life experiences. We will acknowledge your strengths while also figure out what improvements in your thinking, feeling and functioning can be made.
I am a psychodynamic therapist which means that I look for how unconscious issues, rooted in your past, are affecting your life today. I also use techniques from the Cognitive Behavioral Theories, when applicable, to provide quicker symptom relief.
Process through the difficult and challenging experiences and memories that have been part of your past and current path. This can be relationship issues, raising children, trauma, mental health, substance use or everyday stress.
Process through the difficult and challenging experiences and memories that have been part of your past and current path. This can be relationship issues, raising children, trauma, mental health, substance use or everyday stress.
I use various research-based modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Motivational Interviewing, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Family