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About My Clients
It is my passion and privilege to work with clients who may be struggling with difficult life transitions, depression, and excess stress. During our initial sessions, we will deeply explore the issues and work together to create a plan for addressing them in a manner that helps you get your life back.
My Background and Approach
My brand of counseling is client-centered talk therapy, it's that simple. Dialogue between two human beings. Personally, I believe that prior to the art and outcome of counseling are the personal characteristics of the counselor and the quality of the counselor-client relationship. Characteristics I embody as a counselor are respect, genuineness, acceptance, and unconditional positive regard. I work hard at creating and nurturing strong working relationships and alliances with clients as well as helping my clients feel both heard and understood through active listening and empathic understanding. I firmly believe that my clients are in possession of the answers they seek and that it is my job to assist them in identifying, developing, and assembling the resources within to meet and resolve their challenges utilizing, above all, genuine respect and care.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I firmly believe that anyone and everyone has the ability and power to change their lives. There is no limit to human capacity and capability to achieve personal growth. I believe the main reasons we may struggle with mental health issues is unresolved past experiences and trauma, and unhealthy learned coping behaviors. I believe that achieving your goals means going back to resolve negative past experiences and relearning healthy, positive, and productive ways to cope. Through my own extreme struggles and personal counseling, I learned how to confront my past, resolve and heal my old wounds, and handle my anxiety and depression in an empowering way. I am in control now, and you can be too. My belief is that therapy does NOT have to be a formal process. I'm a t-shirt and jeans kind of counselor, so let's get comfortable with one another and with the process. Feel free to message me with any questions. I'd be happy to talk about the ways in which I can best help you!