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About My Clients
I concentrate on developing a partnership with my clients to identify strengths and areas of potential growth to make meaning and implement positive change.
My Background and Approach
I offer a holistic approach to psychotherapy which recognizes my clients as the expert of their own experiences, striving to create a therapeutic alliance that focuses on collaboration, empathetic support, and respect while recognizing client strengths. My methods are driven by my client’s personality and perspective. I seek to integrate various practices and theories from evidence-based therapeutic modalities because psychotherapy is not a “one size fits all approach."
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I strongly believe that everyone is capable of growth and change at any point in their lives. I find that human beings are innately resilient and capable when given support to navigate life's challenges. The primary reason for mental health challenges are unhealthy patterns of coping and learned behaviors that have served us along the way and typically at the time of seeking treatment, no longer serve the individual, couple, or family seeking support. In my clinical practice, I have trained with Bessel Van Der Kolk, David Kessler, Alan Wolfelt, Mashid Hager, Joshua Sylvae, and several others who have developed methods for treating trauma, life transition, and developing further coping and resilience. In these training programs, I have done the hard work necessary to improve my own life using psychotherapy practice so I know how unfamiliar and uncomfortable the change process can be "on the other side of the couch."