Serena Appel

work to understand and embrace the challenges and/or limits you face, learn about your strengths, abilities and values, and assist you in finding personal meaning in your experiences that can promote healing.

Accepting, supportive, someone they feel calm around, and whom they can feel safe sharing of themselves with.

Intake with me is a chance for us to get a sense of one another, and collaborate on how we can work together. I'll spend time listening to you and making sure I correctly understand you and your concerns. I'll collect some essential information, and walk you through how we will make use of therapy sessions and set up billing and appointments.

I have a natural desire to sit with others compassionately, and support them in their journey towards growth and empowerment. My training and experience, perspective, and intuitive capacity often help me see things that benefit clients in a way they've never experienced before.

When it comes to working with trauma, especially Complex PTSD or Complicated Grief, I take a present day, symptom-focused approach. I help clients assess their level of personal safety, teach self-regulation skills, help identify anxiety triggers, and encourage gentle creative, mind/body and reflective work to heal from persistent and distressing symptoms.