create breathing room around your sources of distress, strategize together about how to overcome them, attend to the parts of your identity & environment that impact your experience, & ultimately move toward a greater sense of sturdiness & self-love.
create breathing room around your sources of distress, strategize together about how to overcome them, attend to the parts of your identity & environment that impact your experience, & ultimately move toward a greater sense of sturdiness & self-love.
I employ evidence-based approaches focused on mindful awareness, self-attunement, living a value-directed life, self-compassion, tinkering with unhelpful patterns of thought & behavior - all couched within the important context of our relationship.
Identify what you value, what fulfills you, and what gives you a sense of purpose. From there, we will figure out what you can do to build the life (including the kind of relationships) you want.
Identify what you value, what fulfills you, and what gives you a sense of purpose. From there, we will figure out what you can do to build the life (including the kind of relationships) you want.
By helping you understand how you came to think, feel, and behave as you do now, we can cultivate self-acceptance, harness your strengths, develop effective coping skills, and help you live in a way that is congruent with your own values and goals.
Together, we will delve into themes such as managing stress, improving relationships, enhancing self-esteem, coping with life transitions, navigating emotions, and fostering personal growth.
Together, we will delve into themes such as managing stress, improving relationships, enhancing self-esteem, coping with life transitions, navigating emotions, and fostering personal growth.
Expect a compassionate, client-centered approach. Together, we'll explore challenges, develop coping skills, and foster growth in a safe, nonjudgmental environment using evidence-based techniques.
As a LPC, I aim to understand your goals and guide you towards them. We'll regularly review your progress and adjust as needed. My ultimate goal is to equip you with tools for lifelong happiness, not to keep you as a lifelong client.
As a LPC, I aim to understand your goals and guide you towards them. We'll regularly review your progress and adjust as needed. My ultimate goal is to equip you with tools for lifelong happiness, not to keep you as a lifelong client.
I'm genuine and empathetic, using family systems therapy, solution-focused therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy. I also use EMDR when needed, along with various tools like journaling and behavior tracking.
use a variety treatment approaches involving mindfulness, acceptance, compassion, body work and nutrition which can all be quite validating, liberating, and therapeutic because they address the whole person, not just the mind.
use a variety treatment approaches involving mindfulness, acceptance, compassion, body work and nutrition which can all be quite validating, liberating, and therapeutic because they address the whole person, not just the mind.
Outside of EMDR therapy I typically use in trauma treatment with my clients, my work is grounded in evidence-based practices of Western psychology, while being heavily influenced by practices that are more characteristic of Eastern philosophies.