Megan Gietzen

I use DBT to build a skill set that help create distress tolerance, mindfulness, emotional regulation skills, and interpersonal effectiveness. I believe a lot of people face overwhelming emotions and that these skills help find hope, balance, and empowerment.

Solution focused therapy is about collaboration in setting goals and finding the tools for achievement. While other techniques will focus on the cause, unless that is to resolve the present, SFBT focuses on resolutions for the future “You”, and how to get there.

I use aspects of the Person-Centered approach in all areas of the therapeutic process. The foundation of congruence, empathy, and unconditional positive regard are fundamental with any therapeutic rapport. With Rogerian Person-Centered therapy, I see a client as a person who has the skills within and through non-directive inquiry and listening, can find their way to their own path of self-actualization

It is common to have stress when coping with change or a stressful situation, however when those thoughts and feelings become overwhelming, adjusting can turn into months of feeling sad, hopeless, worry, and anxiety. I have worked with helping people process their stressor so they can find the right tools to acknowledge the past situation, the present at hand, and their potential to overcome their distress.

Aging concerns is one common factor most everyone feels. It is a universal fact that can bring people together with acceptance and has torn relationships apart when people view the aging process different from one another. I work from a place of choosing to help an individual regain empowerment, to self-actualize, and define the authentic “You”.

Many people hear how grief and loss a normal part of life in reference to the death of a loved one. It is also a natural response to loss of any kind, and we are ill equipped for it. Grief can be a response for divorce, retirement empty nest, even things like the recover from addiction. I believe in finding a new way of living, changing, and to embrace the day without fear.