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About My Clients
** NOW ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS** You're not positive when it happened, but all of a sudden you don't feel like yourself anymore. You feel exhausted and overwhelmed. Your mind is constantly racing, and you can't seem to focus on anything for more than a few moments. Instead of spending quality time with family and friends at the end of the day, you watch TV or spend hours online because that's all you have the energy to do.
My Background and Approach
Successful people often see reaching out for support as a sign of failure, and they try to do everything themselves. This may work for a while, but eventually, the system fails. It doesn't have to be this way. I can help. I use a variety of evidence-based techniques to help people just like you move from "stuck" to free. You deserve to live a life of freedom and joy. We can get there together. Through our work together, I’ll teach you how to identify thoughts and behaviors that might be contributing to your depression or anxiety, and show you simple, easy ways to modify them so that you can get back to doing what you love. I’ll help you reduce your symptoms and maintain these gains in the long term. To do this, we will evaluate your progress at several points during therapy. As we learn more about what’s working for you, I will provide you with tools and resources that you can continue to use long after therapy is complete.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
Therapy is interactive and educational. I'm not a smile and nod therapist. I don't have a dark office filled with bead walls, waterfalls, and zen gardens (no offence meant to therapists that do!). I won't whisper, or scrunch up my face and look like I feel sorry for you. I won't waste your time with strategies that don't work. I will treat you with respect, and I will challenge and encourage you to be the best version of yourself. You can get better. I know you can. I became interested in mental health after struggling to manage my own depression and anxiety. Through this experience, I learned that mental health and happiness rarely happen by accident. Having a fun, happy and healthy life takes practice and intention. When I am not at the office, I love to listen to podcasts, discover new restaurants around town, and hike around the Blue Ridge with my partner and our dog. Still have questions? Let's set up a time to talk more specifically about your situation.