Services
- Individual
- Family
About My Clients
I received my Master of Social Work degree in 1999; and since the completion of my degree, I have worked in an array of settings such as child welfare, geriatric case management, end-of-life care, community mental health with adults, teens and children; and for the past 9 years, addiction recovery.
My Background and Approach
My therapeutic style is client-centered, which means simply "I meet you where YOU are" and we work outward from there. My go-to treatment modality is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which translates to: I believe that your underlying thoughts and beliefs about yourself (and the world around you) affect how you feel emotionally, which in turn affects how you behave and how well you function. I routinely utilize techniques such as motivational interviewing ("what makes me want to change, and how do I do it"), cognitive restructuring ("how do I change how I think so I can feel better"), and dialectical behavioral therapy ("what concrete tools can I use to manage my anxiety, mood instability and relationship problems"). While these techniques are all "solution-focused", you will have to identify the problem areas so we can set a deliberate course to overcome them.