Services

I offer psychotherapy for individuals, couples, and families dealing with the following:

Anxiety - Stress - Depression - Panic Attacks - Self Esteem - Life Transitions - Peer Relationships

Women’s Issues - Relationship Concerns - Parenting Support - Family Conflict - Child/Adolescent/Teen

Parents of Children with Special Needs - Trauma - Sexual Abuse - Substance Abuse

Lack of Direction - LGBT+

Individual Therapy

Managing your mental health is an important part of self care, and many people have difficulty making the time to take care of themselves. Time set aside where you have someone to talk to, who is there specifically to listen to you talk about your feelings, is an invaluable benefit for many. People who seek out therapy when they are in crisis are often pushed to deal with difficult feelings that have been compromising their lives for years. This is an optimal time for growth!

Trauma-Focused Therapy

It is sometimes said that traumatic reactions are normal reactions to abnormal situations. You are not responsible for your trauma, and you are not defined by your trauma, but unfortunately people tend to internalize much of their pain, often blaming themselves for their suffering with feelings of guilt and shame. Trauma-focused therapy prioritizes understanding how the experience impacts mental, behavioral, emotional, physical, and overall well-being. I will work with you on becoming educated about and understanding your trauma, re-establishing safety, identifying triggers, and implementing new and healthy ways of coping, so that you can better process emotions and memories tied to your past experiences. The end goal is for you to take back control by creating a healthier meaning of the experience in your life. Trauma is very subjective; what may be traumatic for one person may not necessarily have the same severe impact on someone else. Whether you reach out specifically to work on how past trauma is affecting you, or you reach out for something else and trauma works its way into treatment, your readiness to explore your feelings will determine where we go.

Anxiety, Panic, and Stress

Anxiety can interfere with your overall functioning, and it may also manifest itself in a diagnosable disorder. Anxiety affects your ability to relax and feel at ease, and it can also disrupt your daily activities like job performance and relationships. If you experience panic attacks you know they can feel debilitating- but psychotherapy can help! Stress management techniques and meditation can help people with anxiety disorders to calm themselves. Deep and lasting change is possible through processing what may have led to your increased anxiety and the practice of different management techniques and coping skills. You can re-establish a connection with yourself to effect deep and lasting change.

LGBT+

If you are a member of the LGBT+ community, you want therapy for the same reasons heterosexual cisgender individuals seek it: personal or family issues, often unrelated to your gender/sexuality. With that said, those within the LGBT+ community do face extra stresses and pressures, such as ignorance and bigotry as well as mental health challenges. You may struggle with your self-worth, be experiencing anxiety or depression, have trouble sleeping, or feel isolated. You deserve to feel better! I am accepting of people from every gender, orientation, and identity. I have worked with transgender youth and their families as they traverse the journey toward understanding and supporting their child.

Child/Teen Counseling

Teenagers experience changes in hormones, feelings, and pressures from peers, parents, and school which often result in struggles with identity, sexuality, and friendships. These conflicts can lead to depression, anxiety, and risk taking behaviors. Therapy provides teenagers with a supportive environment to process conflicts, build upon strengths, affirm feelings and encourage healthier choices. Most teens cannot articulately express their feelings and distress shows up in other ways: through opposition at home, conflicts at school, failing grades, and withdrawing. Therapy provides a safe and structured environment for your child to explore the meaning of their life experiences.
I am experienced in providing therapy to children as young as 6 years old, which typically incorporates a combination of play and art therapy, in addition to CBT.
Ongoing parental involvement is vital to successful treatment. Oftentimes parents are unaware of changes they may be able to implement which have a significant impact on their child’s behaviors, especially when feeling exhausted and out of options, or like you have already tried everything under the sun. I will provide parent support in addition to progress updates throughout your child’s therapeutic journey. Parents are occasionally invited to participate in their child’s session, though it is beneficial for the parent to come in for some individual parent support sessions as well.

Couples/Marriage Therapy

Finding a couple’s therapist can feel overwhelming. It is important that they are a good fit for both partners. I use a “systems” approach which assumes that each partner shares in the problem and also in its solution. My role is to help each partner figure out new ways of relating to one other, to make it more likely that each person gets their emotional needs met in a healthy and sustainable way. Together we will work to explore the emotional meaning behind the conflict at hand including identifying past influences, clarifying each partner’s perspective, and highlighting each partner’s wishes for the future. Working on communication and conflict resolution skills are key to common problems like excessive arguing and feeling “stuck” on certain issues the couple feels they cannot resolve. All relationships take effort to maintain, and therapy can help.

Family Therapy

Family relationships are complex! Whatever goes on with one family member often has a domino effect of impacting the other family members, whose reactions and responses may lead to a whole other cycle of misunderstood feelings and miscommunication. It is not uncommon for a family to get “stuck” in an unproductive communication pattern.
Some of the common reasons that people seek out family therapy may include: excessive fighting or depression, parental conflict (financial/infidelity/etc), divorce or separation, an unexpected loss of a family member, adjustment to a new family member in the home, a major trauma impacting the entire family, issues at school, substance abuse and addiction, and the need for support in accepting an LGBTQ+ family member.
Family therapy may include all family members or just those able or willing to participate.
An outside perspective can help! I will assist your family in assessing its strengths and vulnerabilities, and support each family member by providing a space to speak honestly and freely about what is happening from their perspective.

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