Chart your path through challenges, use your strengths to overcome hurdles, and have a sense of humor while doing so.
Chart your path through challenges, use your strengths to overcome hurdles, and have a sense of humor while doing so.
Your therapy journey is based on you--- not other clients, not what the internet said to do, etc. We adjust to your needs and the path that works for you.
create a plan to work on whatever goals you choose!
create a plan to work on whatever goals you choose!
My "approach" is understanding that I can't expect you to expose the deepest, darkest, most vulnerable parts of yourself to me if I remain a complete stranger to you.
Support the growth of your best version of you. Teach you to be independent from me, in your own time. Support your goals (not mine). Gain an understanding of your unmet needs, and healthier ways to meet them
Support the growth of your best version of you. Teach you to be independent from me, in your own time. Support your goals (not mine). Gain an understanding of your unmet needs, and healthier ways to meet them
I prefer non talk therapies. The brain wants to heal, and knows how. Sometimes we get in the way. I prefer EMDR and Sandtray for healing and my co-therapist has fur and four paws.
Together, we will make progress in developing realistic optimism and in moving toward your most important values, while finding ways to cope with and/or to gain an acceptance of your most difficult past, present and future concerns.
Together, we will make progress in developing realistic optimism and in moving toward your most important values, while finding ways to cope with and/or to gain an acceptance of your most difficult past, present and future concerns.
I use a client centered approach that often involves Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) and/or a form of pastoral counseling for most of my clients.
Challenge negative/distorted thinking, explore and break patterns that are keeping you stuck, and create a toolbox that works for you to cope, problem-solve, and move forward.
Challenge negative/distorted thinking, explore and break patterns that are keeping you stuck, and create a toolbox that works for you to cope, problem-solve, and move forward.
It's trauma-informed, culturally sensitive, collaborative, person-centered, and tailored to each client’s unique needs, meeting the client where they are.