Clients will have the chance to address their concerns and explore factors negatively affecting their mental health. They'll also be able to articulate how they prefer the therapist to support them with current challenges.
Clients will have the chance to address their concerns and explore factors negatively affecting their mental health. They'll also be able to articulate how they prefer the therapist to support them with current challenges.
In therapy, I team up with clients to understand their initial motivations, emphasizing rapport to ensure comfort in our collaboration for their well-being. Together, we customize and apply effective supports to address their individual needs.
In therapy, we discuss how to identify, understand, and change behaviors that no longer serve you; learn and practice skills to help you stay present; face the fears that are holding you back; and, ultimately, live a more meaningful life!
In therapy, we discuss how to identify, understand, and change behaviors that no longer serve you; learn and practice skills to help you stay present; face the fears that are holding you back; and, ultimately, live a more meaningful life!
I help people understand and embrace their anxiety instead of feeling overwhelmed by it and constantly worried about the "what-ifs." I use research-backed, proven approaches, such as CBT, ACT, and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP).
learn what tools work best for you so that you can then implement these outside of the therapy setting. Our goal will be for you to enjoy life and be able to handle any obstacle you may encounter along the way.
learn what tools work best for you so that you can then implement these outside of the therapy setting. Our goal will be for you to enjoy life and be able to handle any obstacle you may encounter along the way.
Each client is unique and I like to use a collaborative approach to help them get what they need from therapy. The goal is to find what works best for you. This can be just listening or can be a more proactive approach.
Together we will get you better acquainted with your emotions, and help you gain a sense of clarity and peace. I can help you unpack your negative thoughts, and empower you to create positive, affirming ones.
Together we will get you better acquainted with your emotions, and help you gain a sense of clarity and peace. I can help you unpack your negative thoughts, and empower you to create positive, affirming ones.
What makes my approach to providing therapy unique is that I talk with and to my clients, not at them. In order to work towards healing and processing feelings, an open dialogue rooted in a therapeutic alliance is essential.
uniquely tailor your treatment to your specific needs and current place in life, so you can feel empowered to make meaningful and sustained change in your life.
uniquely tailor your treatment to your specific needs and current place in life, so you can feel empowered to make meaningful and sustained change in your life.
Michael utilizes an integrative approach to counseling based in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and informed by Multicultural and Feminist Therapy, Person Centered Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and DBT.