My Approach to Therapy
I provide short-term and long-term psychotherapy to individuals, couples and families. I specialize in the treatment of trauma, mood disorders and relationship issues. My goal is to provide warmth, empathy, and support to create a non-judgmental space to understand yourself and your experiences.
My approach draws heavily from psychodynamic, relational, and cognitive-behavioral therapies for individual therapy, and Emotion Focused Therapy for couples therapy. All of this means that I believe in developing a therapeutic relationship that centers understanding, openness, and warmth to facilitate change through changing thoughts, experiencing emotions, and changing behaviors. I believe in offering tools that you can implement at home or outside of therapy. However, I am a strong believer that in addition to giving techniques, we have to understand what is at the core of our discomfort and problems. For example, If you think of having a chronic backpain, you would like your doctor to figure out the cause of the pain as well as help you alleviate some of the symptoms that you might be experiencing as a result of the back pain. The relational aspect of my work is meaningful and active therapy to help you understand and deal with emotional, psychological, and relational distress that might be the cause of some of the symptoms you are experiencing. It’s built from a belief that as people, we make meaning and sense of the world from our connections with our inner self, other people, and our environment. I also infuse coping skills and teach you adaptive techniques from mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, as well as attachment theories to help you alleviate the emotional and psychological discomfort you might be experiencing.
I have many years of experience treating a range of problems including trauma, anxiety, depression, and grief and loss with adolescents, young adults and older adults as well as couples. I have training in and specialize in treating trauma and related disorders using cognitive processing therapy, prolonged exposure therapy, and mindfulness-based stress reduction.
Above all, my approach is to meet you wherever you are and build a healthy relationship to facilitate adaptive change. It’s crucial that we both feel as though we are a good fit for each other.