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About My Clients
I work with clients who often have anxiety and/or depression. Often they have experienced trauma in their early life. They often have difficulty managing daily stress, which can become chronic anxiety. Unresolved trauma can lead to both anxiety and depression. I collaborate with them in learning how to manage their symptoms, but also delve deeper into parts of themselves that are having difficulty letting go of pain and suffering from the past.
My Background and Approach
I was originally trained in family systems theory and psychodynamic therapy. As an intern I became interested in and studied solution focused therapy. in the last several years I have put a lot of my focus on the Internal Family Systems model. While it is fair to say I work in an eclectic manner (using more than just one model of Psychotherapy to help clients), my emphasis these days is in utilizing solution Focus therapy for more brief work. I use internal family systems when a client has a background of trauma that causes them to be alienated from their Self and their parts. I have a wide variety of experience as a psychotherapist. I have worked in community health centers, in school settings and County Mental Health clinics. I have done crisis work evaluating people in emergency rooms. I have been doing online therapy now for the past five years.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
For most of my career I worked with disadvantaged and under-served populations. I believe that having mental health services available to everyone is essential for a healthy Society. It is also extremely important that there is a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds, gender identities and sexual orientations in the pool of psychotherapists a perspective client can choose from. The relationship between the therapist and a client is a key component of successful psychotherapy. Therefore, it is important that the perspective client feel comfortable and safe with the psychotherapist that they are engaging. I am interested in social justice and in planet from Environmental deterioration.