Listen deeply to your stories, however many times you need to tell them, with curiosity regarding what is yet to be said. You will have a companion as you strive toward creating a life worth living.
Listen deeply to your stories, however many times you need to tell them, with curiosity regarding what is yet to be said. You will have a companion as you strive toward creating a life worth living.
Psychodynamic therapy/analysis explores psychic tangles that hold us back from fully living. My approach acknowledges that sometimes, we all could use some help shining a light into those vexing patterns that repeat despite ourselves.
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 what is causing you distress and learn coping tools to apply to those triggers so that you do not feel powerless to your feelings, moods or situations.
Identify what is causing you distress and learn coping tools to apply to those triggers so that you do not feel powerless to your feelings, moods or situations.
I provide a warm approach that is tailored to each individual- I do not subscribed to the "one size fits all" mentality. I prioritize meeting you where you are at in your journey and working from there.
Explore a broad range of concerns, both past and present, including life and work stress, relationship issues, and personal struggles with the goal to improve your overall quality of life.
Explore a broad range of concerns, both past and present, including life and work stress, relationship issues, and personal struggles with the goal to improve your overall quality of life.
Dr. Petrongolo believes in a collaborative style to treatment including cognitive behavioral approaches, supportive therapy, mindfulness, and principles of positive psychology.
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)