Specialties
Life Transitions
Changes in health, work, relationships, school, family, and life in general cause significant shifts in relationships, daily routines, and the way we perceive ourselves and others. Whether the transition is anticipated or unplanned we are required to adjust and function in a new way. Some transitions stoke challenges and growth that need guidance and support beyond our current understanding.
Difficulty in Relationships / Attachment Disorders
Have you ever wondered if you are repeating the same dysfunctional patterns and behaviors in your relationships? A deeper understanding of your attachment style opens pathways to greater satisfaction and fulfillment in all relationships. Attachment in the context of relationships refers to the type of emotional bond formed between you and your caregiver(s) during childhood. The attachment style we form impacts how we establish and maintain relationships throughout life. We often outgrow these patterns and benefit from evaluating and revising our choices.
Grief
Grief is a natural response to death and loss. Grief often arrives without notice and at wildly inconvenient times. Even in the midst of celebration, grief may move into the moment. Grief can be activated by a picture, comment, thought, song, smell, or sight that reminds us of a loved one or loss. Everyone grieves in their own way. Respecting and exploring your grief process promotes healing and creates new ways to learn more about living in a new era of life, after a life-changing loss.
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common and productive human emotion that we all feel at varying degrees in certain situations. When we experience anxiety at an extreme and persistent level it can interfere with how we manage daily life, causing chronic general anxiety, panic attacks, and spiraling into worrisome or obsessive thoughts.
Depression
More than feeling occasionally sad, depression significantly impacts how we move through the world, how we think, interact, and function each day. Chronic fatigue, exhaustion, lack of interest in activities that you usually enjoy, and sleeping more than usual are a few of the symptoms of depression. Learning to recognize patterns and changes supports shifts that bring balance and wellbeing.
Trauma
Trauma is a lasting emotional and physiological response to an event (or series of events) perceived as distressing, harmful, or threatening by an individual(s). Trauma can result in a diminished sense of safety, self-worth, and the capacity to cope with everyday life.
Therapeutic Modalities
Eye Movement and Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR is an effective, structured psychotherapy designed to treat PTSD and trauma. Through the use of bilateral eye movements or tapping, EMDR allows the brain to process and reprocess static traumatic memories allowing clients to heal without repetitive detailed verbalizing of the trauma.
Person Centered Therapy
Also referred to as client centered therapy, is based on the belief that all individuals have an inherent inclination towards positive mental and emotional wellbeing. Person centered therapy provides an empathetic, and non-judgmental environment in which you can explore solutions to problems based on your intuition with a supportive therapist.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Sometimes when we think of the word emotion it can be associated with a negative connotation such as weak, excessively sentimental, or inauthentic. EFT explores the potential of our emotions as information that can be used to increase awareness and understanding, identify negative interaction patterns, and create behaviors that foster positive attachment and connection.
Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)
NET is a short-term, trauma-focused form of cognitive behavioral therapy for individuals who have experienced multiple, complex traumas, such as war or organized violence. NET helps process traumatic memories by creating a chronological, coherent life narrative, which in turn reduces active PTSD symptoms by contextualizing emotional and factual memories.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Focuses on the relationship between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors to help you understand how they impact one another to sometimes create unhealthy patterns that keep you from moving forward and achieving your goals.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Emphasizes accepting thoughts and feelings without judgment and a commitment to actions aligned with your personal values. ACT encourages psychological flexibility by blending mindfulness and value-driven behavior to manage your stress and emotional challenges. Life is full of ups and downs, disappointments, and pain. Often, we avoid pain, numb ourselves, and try to make the discomfort go away. ACT helps us embrace life’s difficulties with openness while fostering personal growth and wellbeing.
Gottman
Gottman is research based therapy for couples developed by John and Julie Gottman designed to build friendship, reduce conflict, improve communication, and build shared meaning between partners.
Prepare and Enrich
Prepare and Enright is a research based counseling method using assessment and customized feedback to help couples improve relationship skills, communication, conflict resolution, and financial management. The assessment helps couples identify their strengths and growth areas in their relationship.