Sometimes I will be an objective listener and tell you other ways you could view your thoughts and feelings and sometimes I will sit with you and your feelings, being a witness to your joy and pain.
As a therapist, I've been trained in specialized skills to help people who are suffering with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and trauma. Listening to you is a big part of helping you and so is helping you see some things in a different way, one that decreases your pain and suffering.
Helping you learn new skills that may ease your suffering is another part of what I do. I have a lot of tools in my tool belt that may help you: cognitive behavioral therapy, ego state therapy, Gottman relationship therapy, EMDR, breath work, guided visualizations, self-compassion, meditation, tapping, and body work are just a few. Together we will learn which tools will help you the best.
Our therapy will be a partnership, there is no one who knows you better than you know yourself. Together we can explore how to get to where you want to be and be your most authentic self. Many of us were never taught how to love ourselves just as we are. We were not taught how to have compassion for ourselves. This may be the hardest lesson to learn, but it is the key to a life worth living. It can be a long process, but it is worth learning.
There is no quick fix, no magic pill, I don’t have a magic wand. People who benefit the most from therapy are those who are motivated to continue the work outside of the therapy hour.
Being good to yourself is not selfish, being kind to yourself is not a weakness, and taking care of yourself is a worthwhile investment.
I have more than 30 years of experience helping people. It gives me genuine joy to see someone start to feel better.
Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to see if I'm the right therapist for you.
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