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.My Approach to Helping
Few of us soar through life with wings unscathed. Psychotherapy is for anyone who wants to explore his or her potential, stretch their limits, gain insight, discover what holds them back, and recall what nourishes their soul. Imagine the special care a potted fern requires: filtered light, regular turning, correct watering, fertilizer, and avoidance of exposure to fungus or insects. Given all these elements in the best proportions, our fern will become beautiful, flowing, symmetrical, lush, and green with strong healthy roots. However, if the plant receives only a subset of its necessary parameters, or receives them in less than optimal proportions, our fern will probably experience some combination of uneven growth, asymmetry, disease, discoloration, and unhealthy roots. Now imagine that the fern represents your psyche, your potential, your inner self, your issue. Describe what you sense. How does it look, feel, and smell? What has been nurtured? What has been neglected? What needs to be done? The therapy process can be thought of as a cycle that consists of tending the fern: we take a close look at it, celebrate the beauty and strengths of its current form, discover anything we may want to change, discuss our willingness and capacity to make those changes, make a plan, go forward with the plan, evaluate the results, and finally, evaluate whether to start the cycle again. We can stop the process at any time for any reason, including results of satisfaction!