The foundation of my practice is “Humanistic.” I aspire to create a non-judgemental environment, and emphasize unconditional positive regard as I learn about your life. I may use clinical language and psychobabble on occasion, but I exercise my practice as an informal and exploratory dialogue about your life; an interview and investigation into where you’ve been, where you are, and where you want to go. With your consent, I’d like to learn about your different parts, to be able to get to know you “the person,” not just “the problem.”

While “the problem” inevitably becomes the center piece of our conversations, I integrate concepts and interventions from a number of Treatment Modalities. These are the ones I draw from most often:

  • Deepen insights around thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Understand their inter-connectness.

  • The subjective reality; the way you talk, think, and feel about your experiences are indeed your reality. Change or soften perspectives for more useful ones. Become the author of your story.

  • Let’s figure out what you want to do. Follow through, make necessary adjustments. Commit to change, be persistent. With your permission, I plan to keep you accountable.

  • Don’t be so hard on yourself! Recognize the progress you’ve made, and success you’ve had thus far. Grow optimism and hope. You are resourceful and resilient.

  • Explore personal history of relationships and experiences, and how they may influence expectations and needs for relationships and experiences of today.

  • Pause. Close your eyes. Breathe. Develop balance and calm, grow peace and clarity. Let go of things that are not useful to you. Navigate life with more intentionality.

  • The mind and body are connected. Your body is a conduit of your experiences. Listen to it, it is telling us something important.