Madeleine Wilson (they/them)

Narrative therapy shows up in my work as a therapist in the way I approach getting to know you and your unique worldview. In therapy together, I will work hard to understand what stories, experiences, cultural assumptions, and life lessons have come together to shape who you are and your outlook on the world.

ACT shows up in my work as a therapist in the way I prioritize being present with clients, above all else, in order to encourage my clients to be truly present with themselves. It also shows up in the way I will prioritize pragmatic conversations above overly intellectualized ones every time. In therapy, I want to talk about the things you value most and your hopes for your future—and then I want to brainstorm real ideas for how you can live in alignment with those hopes and values.

ACT therapy, to me, is all about discovering ways to live a life that’s deeply aligned with the things you value most. For all of us, life is full of highs and lows. Therapy itself isn’t going to change that fact. What therapy can offer, however, is new insight into the kind of life you’d like to be living—one guided by your own unique worldview, values, and sense of purpose. Once your daily routines become more aligned with your worldview, you may find that life’s lows don’t feel quite as low.

As a therapist, I strive for all of my interventions to be deeply trauma informed. In therapy, we can work on real, actionable ideas for how to reduce the negative effects of past trauma, and we can also spend time witnessing the part of you that experienced past trauma. Our bodies often hold onto traumatic experiences much longer than we would want them to, and therapy can offer a space to practice being patient and gentle with our sensitive nervous systems.

As a therapist, I strive for all of my interventions to be deeply trauma informed. In therapy, we can work on real, actionable ideas for how to reduce the negative effects of past trauma, and we can also spend time witnessing the part of you that experienced past trauma. Our bodies often hold onto traumatic experiences much longer than we would want them to, and therapy can offer a space to practice being patient and gentle with our sensitive nervous systems.

As a therapist, I strive for all of my interventions to be deeply trauma informed. In therapy, we can work on real, actionable ideas for how to reduce the negative effects of past trauma, and we can also spend time witnessing the part of you that experienced past trauma. Our bodies often hold onto traumatic experiences much longer than we would want them to, and therapy can offer a space to practice being patient and gentle with our sensitive nervous systems.

When discussing anxiety in the therapy room, I try to strike a balance between coming up with actionable ideas for ways to get grounded when your anxiety is high and getting into reflective conversations about your patterns of anxiety so that we can better understand your body's signals, sensitivities, and recovery needs.

The first part of doing work around depression in therapy, for me, is accepting that the work will be incremental—we're talking baby steps each week not great big strides. Once we've agreed on taking a slow and steady approach to therapeutic work, then we'll start exploring all of the options in front of you in the hopes of making some small but meaningful changes to your life so that it feels just a little more enjoyable.

As a therapist, I strive for all of my interventions to be deeply trauma informed. In therapy, we can work on real, actionable ideas for how to reduce the negative effects of past trauma, and we can also spend time witnessing the part of you that experienced past trauma. Our bodies often hold onto traumatic experiences much longer than we would want them to, and therapy can offer a space to practice being patient and gentle with our sensitive nervous systems.

As a therapist, I strive for all of my interventions to be deeply trauma informed. In therapy, we can work on real, actionable ideas for how to reduce the negative effects of past trauma, and we can also spend time witnessing the part of you that experienced past trauma. Our bodies often hold onto traumatic experiences much longer than we would want them to, and therapy can offer a space to practice being patient and gentle with our sensitive nervous systems.