My Approach to Helping
Thank you for visiting my professional page. I've been working with children, adults and couples for several years and through my experience I've developed beliefs about healthy development. 1.) Our experiences shape who we are and everyone deserves to be treated with patience, respect and dignity. We need a safe environment to open up and develop self-compassion. 2.) We need support and cannot work through our problems alone; all psychological problems are relationship problems and it is for this reason the therapeutic alliance is necessary. 3.) It takes intention to change patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving.
I’ve been working primarily with people who manage conditions such as; ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, PTSDtrauma experiences, gambling and substance use disorders. I have equal experience with children, adolescents and adults. I also see couples working on communication issues, conflict resolution and differing relationship expectations. My experience includes clinical supervision and consultation.
I believe people should guide their own life and feel empowered to process and work through their struggles with the support of another. Therapy is about creating something together and it’s my position to provide tools and support clients in developing insight, self-knowledge and self-acceptance.