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MY THERAPEUTIC APPROACH
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As a therapist, it is important for me to connect with my clients and help them feel comfortable expressing their needs. I collaborate with people so they can better understand themselves and strengthen their relationships. I embrace an integrative approach to treatment, which incorporates cognitive -behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness strategies, such as emotional regulation. I help individuals discover better ways to cope with troubling situations. You will learn tools and strategies to reduce stress and anxiety, improve mood, and move forward during difficult life transitions, such as job changes and break ups. I provide counseling to adults , teens, and couples. I see individuals who are struggling with depression (Unipolar and bipolar), anxiety , eating disorders, addictions, and stress-related problems. My background in fitness and health offers my clients an opportunity to improve overall wellness and create more balance in their lives.
In my previous experience as a middle school and high school teacher. I cultivated a love of working with children and adolescents. Teens and pre-teens face a unique set of challenges as they explore their identities. I help teens to learn new strategies for coping with increasingly demanding academic goals and new social situations. The tools that they learn in counseling empower them to better manage stressful situations. Counseling is a growth- promoting process, one in which teens develop more effective communication and stregthen family relationships. Teens enjoy the process and experience higher levels of self-esteem. They feel more hopeful about the future and confident about making important decisions
I also have specialized training in couple's counseling. I help couples reduce conflict and increase intimacy in their relationships. Part of my approach includes teaching couples to understand one another in a more compassionate manner. Our unique history, as individuals, impacts our relationships. In our work together, we create a specialized plan for relationship growth. Despite the hopelessness that couples may initially feel , the "couples -counseling experience" has the potential to strengthen not only the existing relationship, but to facilitate individual growth as well.
In my previous experience as a middle school and high school teacher. I cultivated a love of working with children and adolescents. Teens and pre-teens face a unique set of challenges as they explore their identities. I help teens to learn new strategies for coping with increasingly demanding academic goals and new social situations. The tools that they learn in counseling empower them to better manage stressful situations. Counseling is a growth- promoting process, one in which teens develop more effective communication and stregthen family relationships. Teens enjoy the process and experience higher levels of self-esteem. They feel more hopeful about the future and confident about making important decisions
I also have specialized training in couple's counseling. I help couples reduce conflict and increase intimacy in their relationships. Part of my approach includes teaching couples to understand one another in a more compassionate manner. Our unique history, as individuals, impacts our relationships. In our work together, we create a specialized plan for relationship growth. Despite the hopelessness that couples may initially feel , the "couples -counseling experience" has the potential to strengthen not only the existing relationship, but to facilitate individual growth as well.