Helping People Find Therapists & Advocating for Ethical and Healthy Therapy & Marriage Counseling Practices

My Approach to Helping

My wish is to support you in living a fully expressed life. I support you to articulate, realize and envision your life more clearly, by working through blocks, and opening new doors. Actively listening, I honor your innate intelligence while tending to your concerns. My approach is a blend of mindful, expressive and client-centered therapies unique to you. My clients are individuals, families, children and couples.

 

More Info About My Practice

I offer a free phone consultation and I would be happy to discuss with you any concerns or questions that you may have. Please feel free to visit my website for additional information. I am employed by New Perspectives Center for Counseling and supervised by Karen Palamos, LFMT, MFC 38971.

 

Specific Issue(s) I'm Skilled at Helping With

While each person I work with is unique, many have similar concerns relating to: relationship difficulties, anxiety, emotional regulation, and confusion. I feel with my education, and life experience, I’m skilled at understanding, relating, listening-to, and embracing each person’s life experience. Others have voiced that I’m insightful, grounded and mindful. I tend to work best with those that seek an integrative mind/body/spirit connection.

 

What I Love about Being a Psychotherapist

I have loved working with people all my life. Watching people grow, learn and develop is my passion.

 

My Therapy Focus

The focus of my therapy work is to support my client by actively listening, empathizing, relating, and finding common ground. I assist each person's transformation with care, empathy, and respect, and will focus on the parts that need the most support and guidance. My orientation is informed by client-centered, mindful, expressive, and cognitive approaches.

 

On the Fence About Going to Therapy?

Going to therapy can be a difficult decision to make, often because you might feel like it’s difficult to trust, or confide your feelings with someone other than your closest friends. Therapy can provide a new perspective, and objective view, and refuge for you to express those things that are challenging. If you decide to go to therapy, and you don’t feel it’s a good fit, you are not obligated to continue. I feel knowing that helps take some of the pressure off of the decision.

 

Important Factors for Choosing a Therapist

I believe it is important to feel your way and listen to your intuition when choosing a therapist. Look for characteristics that match a style you are comfortable with. Is this therapist comfortable to be with, and do I feel that I can communicate with them, and do I feel heard, are important questions to ask. Meet with each therapist to get a feeling whether you are a good fit or not. A profile, email, or phone call may not give you enough of a “feeling” so it is a good idea to meet with him or her if you feel a spark.

 

Why Going to Therapy Does Not Mean You are Weak or Flawed

Therapy is about development, awareness, insight and growth. I do my best to counter this stigma where people feel flawed or weak by using strength-based positive psychologies and supporting my client’s to live productive, meaningful and happy lives.

 

The Duration and Frequency of Therapy

This is a great question. Each person needs to decide for themselves how long they wish to be in therapy. Some prefer short solution work while others prefer longer more in depth work. I request that my clients make a weekly commitment. Each session is 50 minutes long in most cases. Families sessions may take longer and children sessions may take less time.

Services I Provide

• Individual Therapy & Counseling
• Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
• Family Therapy
• Coaching

Ages I Work With

• Children
• Teens
• Adults
• Elders

Languages I Speak

• English

Groups I Work With

Childhood Trauma, Creatives, Men's Issues, Identity concerns, LGBT.

Therapy Approaches I Use

• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
• Anger Management
• Art Therapy
• Authentic Movement
• Body-Mind Psychotherapy
• Breathwork
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
• Coherence Therapy / Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy
• Contemplative Psychotherapy
• Creative Art Therapy
• Dance / Movement Therapy
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
• Drama Therapy
• Emotion Focused Therapy
• Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
• Emotionally Focused Therapy
• Existential Psychotherapy
• Gottman Method
• Hakomi
• Holistic Psychotherapy
• Humanistic Psychology
• Integral Psychotherapy
• Integration of different therapy models
• Internal Family Systems
• Journal Therapy
• Mindfulness Based Approaches
• Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
• Music Therapy
• Person Centered / Rogerian
• Play Therapy
• Poetry Therapy
• Positive Psychology
• Positive Psychotherapy
• Relational Psychotherapy
• Sand Tray / Sand Play Therapy
• Solution Focused Therapy
• Somatic Psychotherapy
• Transpersonal Psychotherapy

My Blog Posts

• How the Expressive Arts Enhance Mindfulness
• Therapy as a Sacred Ritual
• How Art Heals Grief
• Healing Through Expressive Arts Therapy
• The Benefits of Expressive Arts Therapy

Concerns & Issues I Help With

• Identity Issues
• Attachment
• Trauma
• Abuse: Emotional, Physical, or Sexual
• Occupational & Academic Issues
• Life Changes
• Health & Body
• Anxiety, Fear, & Stress
• Emotion Management
• Social Skills & Problems
• Depression & Mood
• Family Problems
• Childhood & Adolescence
• Relationships & Marriage
• Self-Esteem & Confidence
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Self-Harm & Suicide