Explore the interaction between your history, emotional style, relationships, and current circumstances as they affect and concern you. Together we collaborate on pathways to recovery and/or greater wellbeing, sense of self, and resiliency.
Explore the interaction between your history, emotional style, relationships, and current circumstances as they affect and concern you. Together we collaborate on pathways to recovery and/or greater wellbeing, sense of self, and resiliency.
I am trained in and utilize state-of-the-art approaches to address impacts of stress, self-image, and overwhelming emotions. However, each therapeutic relationship and approach is different and collaboratively based on your unique needs and pace.
We will gain an understanding of root causes to your concerns. We will collaborate to understand your needs, struggles, past, present, and future outlook. We will also assess your progress while making adjustments, as needed.
We will gain an understanding of root causes to your concerns. We will collaborate to understand your needs, struggles, past, present, and future outlook. We will also assess your progress while making adjustments, as needed.
I believe that it takes a village to help others to discover and to achieve balanced, fulfilling lives. I offer a strengths-based, collaborative and casual approach to helping people discover and live the lives they desire based on their chosen goals
We will visit topics such as self worth, confidence, boundaries, and communication. In individual or couples therapy, we will explore our generational issues and how families have affected us today. Habits and negative thoughts will also be a topic.
We will visit topics such as self worth, confidence, boundaries, and communication. In individual or couples therapy, we will explore our generational issues and how families have affected us today. Habits and negative thoughts will also be a topic.
I work with Gottman Method (Level II trained), Emotional Focused Therapy, and CBT. These models help people communicate efficiently, get deeply connected with their emotions, and undo the unhealthy thoughts/habits that have been built over time.
Together, we will see how you have made meaning of dysregulating events in your life to see if we can change the meaning in a way that resources your nervous system in a healthy way so you will no longer live in fight/flight.
Together, we will see how you have made meaning of dysregulating events in your life to see if we can change the meaning in a way that resources your nervous system in a healthy way so you will no longer live in fight/flight.
We have been taught to process emotions cognitively by rationalizing the 'why' of events. However, this doesn't calm our nervous system; it may have served us well at one point in our lives, but now could make the struggle to manage emotions harder.
discuss what is important to you. Broad themes often include alleviating/reducing unpleasant emotions, achieving goals, improving healthy communication, setting appropriate boundaries, exploring spirituality/faith, and gaining self-insight.
discuss what is important to you. Broad themes often include alleviating/reducing unpleasant emotions, achieving goals, improving healthy communication, setting appropriate boundaries, exploring spirituality/faith, and gaining self-insight.
I will genuinely be interested in you and how you want to progress. I wear many "hats" as a therapist (e.g., listener, coach, guide, problem-solver) and tailor my approach to what each client is hoping to obtain from therapy.