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About My Clients
My practice is dedicated to helping individuals and couples navigate difficult pasts, self-esteem issues, attachment problems, racial, gender, and sexual identities, as well as general barriers around communication or boundaries. We will work to cultivate awareness of patterns or underlying beliefs that may be barriers to your personal or relationship health. Therapy is a lifelong investment and I look forward to helping make it worth your while.
My Background and Approach
My style of counseling is warm, affirming, and collaborative. I believe exploration into your world, and honoring what has and hasn't worked in the past is the best approach to change. I want to help you navigate your traumatic past, relationship conflicts, mistaken beliefs about yourself or your place in the world, and overall sexual health or satisfaction. Given that each person is unique and constantly growing, I will work to customize your treatment plan using a combination of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy, Attachment Theory, Compassion Focused Therapy, Individual Psychology, IMAGO Therapy, and techniques that have worked well for you in the past to best address your needs. Therapy is a lifelong commitment to yourself and your overall health, and I want to ensure that you can apply what is done in the therapy room to your everyday life.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe that because we are often taught to work harder, give everything, and keep going at all costs, mental health tends to fall to the bottom of our priority list. However, we all deserve to live a fulfilling life that we are proud of, and that starts with taking care of ourselves. Unfortunately, many of us don't necessarily know where to start, leading to paths of maladaptive coping and cycles that are difficult to break. No matter where you find yourself starting, I don't think it is ever too late to find a healthier direction. There is no topic off the table, and I encourage you to speak openly about all the pieces that make you who you are, even the ones that feel uncomfortable. As a bisexual, mixed woman raised in a very conservative culture, I understand the complexities of not feeling accepted or valued for who you are.