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About My Clients
I have collaborated with children, teens, and adults to reclaim agency over the influences of eating disorders, poor body image, anxiety, depression, trauma, self-harm, and shame. I have also worked with clients to deepen connection to artistic expression and navigate life transitions. In couples/family therapy, I have helped family members free themselves from cycles of blame to unite against problems and move toward preferred ways of loving and relating.
My Background and Approach
In individual therapy, I seek to empower my clients to explore and develop their identities and reclaim agency in their own lives. I work together with my clients to understand and clarify values, hopes, and initiatives for preferred directions in life. In couples therapy, I help partners and family members clarify their individual values and preferences so that their shared hopes and values as a couple and/or family can be understood and constructed in collaboration. In family therapy with parents and children, I work with family members to recognize intentions, hopes, and values in order to foster understanding and unity. I strive to create an environment where blame is not invited to thwart communication. I have had experience uniting families of children from 8 to 17 against the influence of anger, anxiety, school-related issues, eating disorders, disordered eating, and self-harm.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
“Who are we becoming in these acts of living?” – Michael White As an associate marriage and family therapist (AMFT#146709) trained in narrative therapy practices, I am passionate about exploring with you all the rich possibilities of becoming and living. I see life as a journey whose paths and destinations are yours to explore and relate to in ways that reflect your values and the identity you prefer. I hope to collaborate with you in creating more space to explore more preferred ways of being and relating. It is my great honor to elevate and privilege the voices of my clients. I hope to collaborate with you in questioning constrained descriptions of life to create more space for you to reauthor, explore, and discover new possibilities of being and becoming. It would be my honor to join with you in elevating and privileging your voice, experiences, knowledge, preferred meaning, and values in our conversations together.