What's My Approach to Therapy?
Supporting children, teens, and adults. Therapy Bear supports youth and adults navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, or feelings of being “stuck” or overwhelmed. Therapy Bear offers trauma-informed, strengths-based approaches. Coping strategies like grounding, mindfulness, and self-soothing interventions to help restore emotional balance and support lasting change.
Everyone deserves to feel supported and heard. Therapy provides a calm, non-judgmental space to explore challenges, process feelings, and build skills for emotional regulation.
Healing is possible at a pace that feels right for you.
My Practice & Services
Collaborative, supportive, and practical.
At Therapy Bear, we use evidence-based approaches tailored to your unique needs. cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps manage anxiety, depression, and stress. Trauma-focused therapy provides a safe space to process difficult experiences. Strengths-based and person-centered approaches help you build resilience, discover personal strengths, and navigate life transitions.
Why Going to Therapy Does Not Mean You are Weak or Flawed
Why Going To Therapy Does Not Mean You Are Weak Or Flawed.
I am sure you are familiar with the term hacking which is essentially looking for potential holes in security defenses. In this case, its your internal security system. How does this apply to therapy? Therapy looks at how a person developed their security defenses or coping strategies as they grew up and adjusted to various environmental factors.
When a person grows up in chaotic or traumatic situations, they may have developed survival hacks to keep them safe. Examples of these coping strategies could include screaming, fighting, hiding, hurting oneself or self-medicating, just to name a few. At that time, these behavioral responses may have helped them survive, adapt and adjust. Once a person is in a safer environment, these strategies would be considered unhelpful and outdated. Therapy can help a person develop new, healthier strategies such as taking a walk, practicing deep breathing, engaging in self-care, or talking with a therapist. There is a great quote by Miyamoto Musashi that says, It is better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war, implying that strength is about adaptability, even in peaceful times. Therapy can be a process of updating, not fixing.
Clinicians who offer sliding scale payment structures may offer lower or reduced fees based on an individual's ability to pay. Please contact this clinician for more details regarding their fees or sliding scale policy.