Person-Centered (Rogerian)

The baseline for person-centered therapy is this: I don't know what's best for you. I don't put my ego into your life. I don't judge you. Instead, I am a safe space of understanding, that helps you find your goals for therapy, your desires for healing, your hopes for change in your life, and then I help you gently navigate through challenges to reach your goals and bring hope to your life.

The person-centered therapy identifies that each person has the capacity and desire for personal growth and change. My role as a therapist operating from this approach is to provide unconditional positive regard for my clients. This means you are welcome to bring your true, authentic self to the session and know that you will be greeted with genuine empathy and acceptance by me without any judgments or conditions. Together we strive to help you achieve self-actualization.

You are the expert of your own life and story. I'm just here to listen and guide you along the way!

Alyson's approach is grounded in a person-centered therapy approach. Alyson believes it is important to make clients the center of the treatment team and to work with them in a collaborative manner throughout the treatment process. Person-centered therapy believes in holding a nonjudgemental space for clients to process their feelings and to empowers clients to make their own decisions in their life.

See my qualifications as the Executive Director of the Center for Studies of the Person, La Jolla, California

With this approach I will help you understand that you as the individual have the power to make the changes necessary. We will process different issues that come up in your life that affect you and walk you through how you can manage some of these difficulties you have.

You are the expert on you. You're not a diagnosis, and I'm not a figure of authority, or a mentor. Therapy should serve to provide a space that is nurturing, empowering, and challenging in ways that inspire personal reflection and encourage positive steps towards achieving your goals. It's my mission to craft that space along with you; it looks different for everyone, but it is uniquely your own.

The baseline for person-centered therapy is this: I don't know what's best for you. I don't put my ego into your life. I don't judge you. Instead, I am a safe space of understanding, that helps you find your goals for therapy, your desires for healing, your hopes for change in your life, and then I help you gently navigate through challenges to reach your goals and bring hope to your life.

My doctoral studies and training focused extensively on classical, Client-Centered theory and therapies in the tradition founded by Carl Rogers. I teach Person-Centered therapy at the graduate level, contributing to clinical research and international conferences.

I use a mix of approaches. Because each client is unique, and every situation is different I like to build rapport with a person-centered approach. This allows us to become comfortable with one another and the client can get an idea of my style to see if they feel that I am someone they can work with. I believe that each of us is the expert in our own life and so using a narrative approach can be very helpful.

Person-centered therapy identifies that each person has the capacity and desire for personal growth and change. My role as a therapist operating from this approach is to provide unconditional positive regard for my clients. This means you are welcome to bring your true, authentic self to the session and know that you will be greeted with genuine empathy and acceptance by me without any judgments or conditions. Together we strive to help you achieve self-actualization.

I am at my core a person-centered therapist. I believe you innately have the tools to heal and I am a passenger on your journey to wellness. I rely on active listening skills, which are the core skills I gained and practiced in my graduate program.

Person-centered therapy (by Carl Rogers) emphasizes the therapist's unconditional positive regard, empathy, and genuineness towards the client. In this therapeutic modality, clients are encouraged to explore their thoughts, feelings, and experiences in a nonjudgmental environment. The focus is on empowering clients to develop self-awareness, self-acceptance, and a deeper understanding of themselves. Clients often experience a sense of validation, increased self-esteem, and insight.