In this therapeutic relationship, we will work toward implementing coping skills to manage your stressors or other behaviors. Implementing mindfulness, and drawing out your current strengths is also essential.
In this therapeutic relationship, we will work toward implementing coping skills to manage your stressors or other behaviors. Implementing mindfulness, and drawing out your current strengths is also essential.
I use a trauma-informed lens when working with my clients. For some, it’s difficult to open up about their feelings because they’ve never been given that chance. I provide a space for clients to express themselves, give them validation and support.
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.
Identify the ways in which your thoughts/emotions/behaviors and coping are impacting your life, explore past experiences and relationships and identify how to break patterns that keep you stuck and will ultimately determine healthier ways to cope!
Identify the ways in which your thoughts/emotions/behaviors and coping are impacting your life, explore past experiences and relationships and identify how to break patterns that keep you stuck and will ultimately determine healthier ways to cope!
I believe in the person-centered approach and that the relationship between client and therapist is the catalyst for meaningful change! I tend to be gentle in my approach yet also not afraid to ask questions that challenge thinking and behavior.
work through self-criticism, perfectionism, & shame; shift automatic reactions into mindful & intentional choices; help you cope with pain, loss, anxiety, & trauma; And more effectively ask for what you want while saying no to what you don't want.
work through self-criticism, perfectionism, & shame; shift automatic reactions into mindful & intentional choices; help you cope with pain, loss, anxiety, & trauma; And more effectively ask for what you want while saying no to what you don't want.
My goal is to provide a safe, authentic, and collaborative space for you to better understand yourself and your goals, determine what is working for you and what may not be, and for you to feel emboldened to approach life in new and meaningful ways!
We will work together to understand your problems and symptoms (and how they interact) followed by implementation of practical and research-driven solutions all couched in a nurturing and collaborative environment.
We will work together to understand your problems and symptoms (and how they interact) followed by implementation of practical and research-driven solutions all couched in a nurturing and collaborative environment.
I balance kindness and compassion with a focus on helping you to create concrete changes through the use of therapeutic techniques that are evidenced-based which means these methods have been consistently shown effective through research.