Korina Brockhaus

Life altering, difficult events can often cause people to respond in ways that make sense at the time of the event. Sometimes these responses may be carried on long after the event is over, when they are no longer helpful. PTSD can creep into all kinds of areas of your life, making living feel so difficult and miserable at times. I enjoy helping clients move through the difficult events, creating a new/corrective emotional experience that allows them to live a truly free life.

Sometimes couples can find themselves reliving the same argument, over and over. And unfortunately, instead of coming to a resolution, both parties often feel unheard, unseen, unloved, unworthy, disrespected, etc. I like working with couples to find out what their conflict and attachment styles are, so that we can interrupt this dysfunctional "dance". I like getting to the meaning underlying the content, so that couples can begin to understand one another and communicate more effectively.

Anxiety can be useful, or it can be detrimental. A difficult is test coming up, anxiety motivates you to study, you pass the test. Useful! You think people are thinking negatively about you, anxiety motivates you to run through every possible evidence that may prove this, causing you to: not be present, sometimes triggering a panic attack, and even leaving or avoiding other situations where you may find yourself anxious about what others think. Not useful. The trick is to learn how to starve it!

I have taken a training in Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy, which Susan Johnson (the author) refers to as "Rogers on steroids". It is an amazing approach that helps individuals to alter their attachment style and have an emotionally corrective experience in a truly safe environment; which ultimately allows the client to begin experiencing what Rogers calls "existential living", where they can explore and take risks and live the life they actually want to live.

I am formally trained in marriage and family therapy. There are a lot of tools you can use to help couples get back on track. I have found the best outcomes with couples when I am able to learn about them, their histories, who they "bring into the room" with them, their conflict strategies, their attachment styles, etc. All of this information helps me to understand the process that they have become stuck in. Once we unravel it, we can make changes to "the steps of the dance".

I have taken a training course in ERP, and have been supervised by an ERP trained therapist as well. ERP is the gold standard for treating OCD, phobias, and panic disorders. It is such a pleasure watching clients go from feeling oppressed by their symptoms, to feeling like there is hope. Learning to manage their anxiety is something they feel they can do with confidence. This work can go very quickly dependent upon the desire of the client.