My Approach to Helping
For 35 years I've had the good fortune to help adults feel better about themselves & their relationships. My style is warm, straight-forward, & collaborative. I use a strength-based approach and have had success helping with a broad range of life's problems.
Issues I enjoy working with include: changing relationship patterns, mid-life issues, women's issues, work-life balance, boundaries and "people-pleasing", assertiveness & self-confidence, and grief & loss.
I love to work with family-of origin issues, and help to re-work faulty beliefs rooted in childhood.
I work collaboratively with each of my clients to create a specific plan based on strengths, needs, and goals. Depending on what your needs are we may:
1. work psychodynamically: The goals of psychodynamic therapy are to increase self-awareness and understanding of how the past has influenced current life. From there you are freed up to experiment with new ways of being. When you take a risk and do something differently it becomes part of who you are. Old patterns are interrupted and new ways of living are created.
2. work cognitive- behaviorally: The goals of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) are to explore how distorted beliefs may be affecting your current feelings & behavior. By exploring and challenging negative or distorted thoughts, you are then challenged to change related feelings and behavior.
3. work to resolve abuse by weaving back and forth between the "here & now" and the past.
I also have several women's Interpersonal groups and believe strongly in the power of groups. I'm a seasoned group psychotherapist and am a Certified Group Psychotherapist through the American Group Psychotherapy Association.
Group Offerings:
Midlife Women's Group-- Alternate Wednesday eves 4:15-5:30pm. (75 minutes) $60 per session (This group will have one opening in August 2024)
Midlife Women's Group-- Alternate Tuesday eves 5:15-6:30pm. (75 minutes) $60 per session (This group will have one opening in August 2024.)
Younger ("30 Something) Women's Connection: meets monthly on fourth Friday 12:30-2:15pm (105 min). $80 per session
Younger ("30 Something) Women's Connection: meets monthly on fourth Friday 3:00-3:45pm (105 min). $80 per session
Group often becomes a highlight & touchstone in the week of group members. It's a unique place to learn more about yourself in the company of other women, as well as a place to have meaningful, growthful conversations.
Women in my groups tend to be self-aware, supportive of one another, and content in most areas of life. Groups are designed to be supportive & growth enhancing, and are not designed to treat mental illness or crisis situations.
As of three of the four groups listed above has one opening. Feel free to contact me for more information
if are curious about a group experience.
I'm also privileged to be a WA State Certified Clinical Supervisor, and enjoy supervising
new therapist associates as they work toward licensure.
