Sessions are telehealth - video and audio sessions

My approach

Each approach in therapy is based on the needs and experiences of the individual. All approaches should contain compassion, patience, guidance, listening, and encouragement of growth. To help you walk your path to growth, healing, new behaviors, and confidence, I will use every therapy tool available to give you the best care. I come from a place of understanding many complex situations in life, allowing me to truly "get" my people and what they have experienced.

It is important to take the time to get to know people, and they also get to know me. There is an approach of patience, no judgment, acceptance, believing in you, and having your back in the progress. There is no rush in therapy, as time is taken to explore experiences in life and behaviors that are being experienced.

We will try different approaches that are relevant to what you are wanting to work through. We can take time to make associations between experiences along the path of life and what is being experienced in the present if this is relevant to the present struggle. We can explore ways to feel better about self and life. We can work through childhood traumas and do trauma/emotions parts work to process associated emotions and behaviors. We can work on issues with work and how to deal with situations experienced in it. We can talk on the struggles of being a new parents and how to come out of depression with it.

Each person will have experienced different things; we can find the best approach to what you are needing.

My communication style

Creating a friendly and welcoming environment with a light tone can be expected. There is not a constant focus on the negatives to where you dread having sessions. I like to create a mood where you look forward to sessions and feel comfortable communicating anything you are thinking and feeling. A clinical feeling is not always comfortable to each person; my style is more laid back and personable. If you prefer a clinical environment or approach, my style may not fit your preference.

Goals

The approach to goal setting is based on your needs. Some like to journal, some like affirmations, some like art - as long as you are willing to try different things then goals can be met. The intention through meeting the goals is to help the progress to move forward and minimize the stress in the tasks.

Our first session

The first session is where you decide if you feel safe, accepted, understood, and comforted by the therapist. First sessions are always icebreakers and touching base on different things. We identify current struggles and, have some explorations of the past, and work to see what is the best path to feeling better and even healing. This is kept light, and I try to establish a level of comfort you welcome for your therapy journey.

Our following sessions

We talk like regular people getting to know each other to develop a more safe and understood place. We touch on things that are a struggle but do not sit in them the entire time. You do not always have to have a struggle or something negative to do a session, sometimes you can just talk to vent about day-to-day, be heard and validated. Do not add stress to self feeling you are wasting your time, we still discover things through simple talks. There will be an array of emotions felt through sessions; this is part of the journey. Your journey is in your control, I am only walking the path with you as you grow, gain strength, and walk tall.