Reva Erskine Drash

Codependency can lead to frustrations by both the person that is codependent and the other party. It can cause feelings of anxiety, frustration, a loss of self identity, and turmoil in a relationship. I have experience with helping clients unravel where someone else end and their own identity begins. Helping those with codependency transform into interdependent or independent individuals helps them gain both the control and acceptance over their life that they seek.

Whether it is grief and loss due to a death or from a change in life, it can cause intense emotions that seem unbearable. I have had experience with traumatic bereavement (with associated PTSD), bereavement, loss of self due to an illness, and anticipatory grief due to someone facing a terminal illness of their own or a loved one. I am educated and experienced in how grief effects someone's every day life and how to help guide them through it.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps one change their thoughts about themselves and/or the world around them. It is often used to help one challenging thinking and show clients the power over their lives sit in their own hands. I have a certificate in TF-CBT and have been mentored in its use by my supervisor, books, and professors.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy not only helps to reorient your focus, but it also slows down thinking to help you respond instead of react to stressful or negative experiences. It is a skill based theory that helps to give clients a road map when their ruminating thoughts and activated emotions hamper them from living peacefully. I am educated through mentorship on radically open DBT practices. I help clients learn the skills and apply them where necessary in their lives.

Motivational Interviewing is a counseling theory that helps to get you moving. Through poignant and designed questions we will find where you motivation lives and how to activate it to achieve your goals. This method is one of the most heavily taught in graduate school and is used in tandem with many other method. I use this in my practice to help people understand how to get moving toward their goals.