My expertise includes mood disorders, depression, addictions, relationships issues, eating disorders, anxiety and panic symptoms. In addition to being a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, I am also a certified Substance Abuse Professional (SAP).
My expertise includes mood disorders, depression, addictions, relationships issues, eating disorders, anxiety and panic symptoms. In addition to being a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, I am also a certified Substance Abuse Professional (SAP).
With over 15 years of experience as a Psychologist, I have an eclectic approach to treatment, but tend to draw from relational and cognitive behavioral approaches in order to design a specialized treatment plan based on your unique needs.
Together we will explore your childhood, past, and present. Learning more about who you are is essential for being able to challenge the difficulties that have brought you here. Together we will work to make you stronger, happier, and empowered.
Together we will explore your childhood, past, and present. Learning more about who you are is essential for being able to challenge the difficulties that have brought you here. Together we will work to make you stronger, happier, and empowered.
I use a variety of approaches using talk therapy, explorations of your childhood and your past, and a variety of art therapy techniques. I like to find out what your interests are and incorporate that into your sessions (art, music, books, etc).
explore how to engage in healthier, more meaningful relationships. When appropriate I will push you to reach your potential through learning healthier coping mechanisms and maximize your strengths while minimizing your weaknesses.
explore how to engage in healthier, more meaningful relationships. When appropriate I will push you to reach your potential through learning healthier coping mechanisms and maximize your strengths while minimizing your weaknesses.
There isn’t one approach that fits every client. I work closely with clients to identify their needs/wants and find a treatment approach that works best for them. I typically utilize CBT, DBT, Client-Centered Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
As someone who grew up in unstable socio-political circumstances and as an immigrant, I have reinvented myself many times, and I can help you do the same. I am a fierce fighter for social justice and a supporter of oppressed people.
As someone who grew up in unstable socio-political circumstances and as an immigrant, I have reinvented myself many times, and I can help you do the same. I am a fierce fighter for social justice and a supporter of oppressed people.
I am a bilingual (English/Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian) therapist. I offer culturally informed therapy and acknowledge individual, intergenerational, historical, racial, and social trauma. These traumas are often at the root of modern human issues.
Together we will engage in reviewing outcomes by sincerely acknowledging that our personal identities, experiences, and perspectives shape, in both positive and potentially problematic ways, our understanding and interactions with others.
Together we will engage in reviewing outcomes by sincerely acknowledging that our personal identities, experiences, and perspectives shape, in both positive and potentially problematic ways, our understanding and interactions with others.
My style is practical and reality-based meaning that there are plenty of advantageous routes to interact with systems of power, privilege, and oppression. I reflect on these truths in delivering my clinical talks, choosing readings, & assignments.