Hike through new emotional territory! I’ll encourage you to look under rocks and wade through rivers, and I’ll stand behind you for balance when you feel unsteady. You may feel exhausted, yet satisfied and amazed as you reach the summit!
Hike through new emotional territory! I’ll encourage you to look under rocks and wade through rivers, and I’ll stand behind you for balance when you feel unsteady. You may feel exhausted, yet satisfied and amazed as you reach the summit!
At times my work is instructional as I help fill in the gaps on how your body and brain work, what emotions are, what they’re useful for, and what we’re supposed to do with them. I teach specific skills for how to respond to your feelings.
After our first session, you'll feel hopeful and relieved. We'll use CBT and mindfulness techniques to help you cope with overwhelm. You'll gain insight into your thought patterns and understand how they affect your balance.
After our first session, you'll feel hopeful and relieved. We'll use CBT and mindfulness techniques to help you cope with overwhelm. You'll gain insight into your thought patterns and understand how they affect your balance.
I use Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) to help you understand how your thoughts impact your well-being. By combining CBT with mindfulness techniques, I can provide hope and relief, leading to a healthier and more balanced state. For clients who have experienced trauma, I also incorporate Trauma Focused CBT (TF-CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). These approaches help clients understand how trauma affects their daily lives and teach them healthy coping skills to minimize its negative effects.
focus on helping you cope and reduce your distress. The process of self-discovery can lead to an increased understanding and acceptance of yourself. It can also lead to an expansion of comfort with all aspects of yourself.
focus on helping you cope and reduce your distress. The process of self-discovery can lead to an increased understanding and acceptance of yourself. It can also lead to an expansion of comfort with all aspects of yourself.
My approach is strength-based and focuses on using curiosity to attend to those areas of a client’s current functioning which enhance addressing daily challenges and those which interfere with daily functioning.
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.
Figure it out. That is our job! We know when to listen, and when to probe. We will support you on your path to closure, clarity, self-awareness, self-compassion, and self-reflection. Problem solving, strategies, healing or all of the above.
Figure it out. That is our job! We know when to listen, and when to probe. We will support you on your path to closure, clarity, self-awareness, self-compassion, and self-reflection. Problem solving, strategies, healing or all of the above.
From the first session, we help you get clarity about how to move forward and start feeling better. We are smart, compassionate, thoughtful/active listeners. Ellen, David and I are experienced and use several modalities (CADC, EMDR, CBT, ACT, etc)