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About My Clients
You will like me, if you are looking for someone who is present, but not pushy. Focused but not agenda driven. Willing to share a good laugh but not just trying to pass the time. I think that a good therapy session involves the client learning something new, or expressing themselves deeply, or walking into unfamiliar places and get a little lost. At the end of each session, it is so important to feel seen and heard and to have everything wrapped up so that you can be present for your day.
My Background and Approach
Each Therapist has their own approach which is destined to reach the same gaol: to help the client learn about and let go of their unnecessary suffering. I respect all other approaches and continually remain fascinated by the rich insights that I learn about regularly. This position/career/service will never fail to enrich my heart and my mind. I hope that I encourage every person that I work with to have this same eternal student - approach to mental health. With that said, my foundational approach is based on Attachment and Emotional Functioning. I haven't found anything that is not directly effected by the way we Attach to others (Attachment is our "programing," for how we have learned to get our needs met and to meet the needs of others) or by the way that we process our emotions (Emotions, at the core, are the essence of our level of safety and growth). As well, I practice with Internal Family Systems Therapy which looks at each person as a system of different - purposed parts.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I very much believe that we are living in dehumanizing times and I admit that it breaks my heart to see how much division exists between people. Humans are social creatures and as such, we survive together and wither alone. COVID, as well as political divide have impacted the human condition deeply. Therapists are not supposed to have agendas, but I believe that I do, and that is to help people find a way to get passed all of the noise and confusion of the world in order to learn more of who we are and what we bring to others and the rest of the world. I view my position as a Therapist as one who learns from others and how they have persevered, to be inspired by their success and to encourage others on similar journeys to find their wisdom and growth. Having been a client several times with both positive and negative experiences, I know very well the great amount of care I must take to ensure each session results in positive growth.