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About My Clients
Do you ever wish that you can say “shutup?” Being assertive is not something that is taught in society. We are taught to be nice. The guilt of trying to make everyone happy while trying to make ourselves happy is overwhelming. For many people dealing with anxiety, stress, or trauma, it can be difficult to develop healthy boundaries with our loved ones. A lot of people tend to minimize their trauma by saying “it really wasn’t that bad.” Together we can work setting boundaries and being assertive
My Background and Approach
Using trauma-informed therapeutic interventions, we can work to find coping skills that work for you. We will work at your pace because you are the expert in your life. You can expect to feel liberated in your decision-making, affirmed that your feelings are valid, and feel empowered to be assertive in ways you thought you never could. You will be treated like the unicorn you are. In working with me, you will be seen, heard, and supported. I am licensed in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and I can help you to learn relaxation techniques and learn how to rewrite your narrative. Through gradual exposure techniques, we can work together to change the way you think about a specific trauma that happened to you through processing it together.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe that everyone can benefit from therapy and that we can learn something new every day. I am a therapist and I am in therapy myself. I believe that working on yourself and processing your trauma is a vital step towards healing. We owe it to ourselves to figure out why we think the way we think and why we are the way that we are. Recently I just learned in therapy that I am so used to putting other people's needs ahead of my own and I took steps to finally do what I wanted to do with my life and my career. Putting yourself first is extremely hard especially if you are a people pleaser. I am not only going to be teaching you things, you will also teach me things. I am not a know it all and if I do not know something, I will be sure to tell you (and to research and find the answer out for you). Through therapy with me, you can take small steps to learn how to put yourself first. I am not in a place to judge you, but to support you and help you.