By talking about what you think and do, we can identify patterns and create the necessary change to develop skills to help you with stress at work and home, parenting, sleep, boundaries, self-esteem, work-life balance, relationships, anxiety, trauma.
By talking about what you think and do, we can identify patterns and create the necessary change to develop skills to help you with stress at work and home, parenting, sleep, boundaries, self-esteem, work-life balance, relationships, anxiety, trauma.
I value your time, so I want our sessions to have useful take aways that are based on your needs. Effective therapists balance directness with caring. Together, we will both identify and remove your barriers and stuck points.
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.
Broad themes that I often discuss with clients include boundary work, patterns/roles in life and within relationships, and how the creative process can be included in the therapeutic work.
Broad themes that I often discuss with clients include boundary work, patterns/roles in life and within relationships, and how the creative process can be included in the therapeutic work.
I have a nondirective therapeutic style. I let my clients lead what they want to explore and talk about in session. I include the creative process and art making as an important tool for self expression and explorations of emotions.
take it one step at a time to help you get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Create a healthier you where you can start trusting you own judgement, feeling secure in who you are, and being able to communicate your needs in a positive way.
take it one step at a time to help you get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Create a healthier you where you can start trusting you own judgement, feeling secure in who you are, and being able to communicate your needs in a positive way.
We all have a comfort zones where some unhealthy patterns exist. The goal is to change those unhealthy patterns in order to optimize your confidence and self worth. To decrease stress and drama in order to bring new joy and simplicity into your life.
explore how your feelings of anxiety, depression, and stress impact your daily functioning. We will use different tools to help you develop new ways of understanding and reacting to life stressors.
explore how your feelings of anxiety, depression, and stress impact your daily functioning. We will use different tools to help you develop new ways of understanding and reacting to life stressors.
Through gentle exploration and skill building, you will be guided to a place of understanding, acceptance, and compassion for where you are in your journey and how you got here. I like to use CBT, DBT, ACT, and mindfulness-based interventions.