Pa Dra Lee (She/her)

Grief is different for every individual and is often not a linear process. Grief hits in waves, with different heights on different days. I will be here to give you tools, understanding, and self-acceptance to your grief journey. Grief also includes more than a loss of a person, it can pertain to loss of employment, relationship, future expectations/goals, or a precious object/item as well.

Grief is different for every individual and is often not a linear process. Grief hits in waves, with different heights on different days. I will be here to give you tools, understanding, and self-acceptance to your grief journey. Grief also includes more than a loss of a person, it can pertain to loss of employment, relationship, future expectations/goals, or a precious object/item as well.

Anxiety can create many scenarios in our heads that may impact our daily functioning, relationships, and occupation. We will start by identifying the messages you give yourself, how to challenge them, and give you distress tolerance tools. Anxiety may also come out in physical sensations and tenseness as well, so movement is important. After finding some helpful tools, we can also dive deeper and understand where those messages may stem from.

Depression can make it difficult for us to find motivation, complete tasks, to remember that we are not alone, and it can really hurt our self-esteem. Work with me to help identify and challenge those unhelpful thoughts, find your motivators, find your support system, and get you back to a more functional state. You are not alone, together we can learn to tolerate, grow through, and utilize goals to raise your self-esteem.

Anxiety can create many scenarios in our heads that may impact our daily functioning, relationships, and occupation. We will start by identifying the messages you give yourself, how to challenge them, and give you distress tolerance tools. Anxiety may also come out in physical sensations and tenseness as well, so movement is important. After finding some helpful tools, we can also dive deeper and understand where those messages may stem from.

Depression can make it difficult for us to find motivation, complete tasks, to remember that we are not alone, and it can really hurt our self-esteem. Work with me to help identify and challenge those unhelpful thoughts, find your motivators, find your support system, and get you back to a more functional state. You are not alone, together we can learn to tolerate, grow through, and utilize goals to raise your self-esteem.

I believe that a lot of our childhood and the things that occur may impact the person we are today. With this approach, we will explore and discover where some internal messages stem from. We will work to heal your child self and understand how the events in your life has impacted you.

There are many different arts that can be utilized to express yourself. We will be utilizing the more traditional arts such as drawing, painting, etc through guided imagery and other prompts. We may also utilize music, writing, or whatever arts may interest you, to be able to explore your emotions and thoughts. Arts can also be very metaphorical, I will be here to help you understand how your art impacts you and what meanings they hold.

I believe that CBT is like a band-aid, it can be very useful for the present moment in understanding your current self and creating immediate change. We will utilize CBT to understand your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors to identify what your unhelpful patterns are and how you may challenge them. Using this technique may aid in stability, to be able to work on any deeper hurt, if that is your goal.

I believe that CBT is like a band-aid, it can be very useful for the present moment in understanding your current self and creating immediate change. We will utilize CBT to understand your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors to identify what your unhelpful patterns are and how you may challenge them. Using this technique may aid in stability, to be able to work on any deeper hurt, if that is your goal.