Therapeutic Style
I prioritize building, growing, and maintaining the therapeutic relationship. A tremendous amount of healing and growth occurs through vulnerable human connection. The relationship we form in therapy will offer you a safe, nonjudgmental container within which you can process feelings and let your thoughts flow by like leaves on a stream. Whatever work we find ourselves doing together will be a collaborative process that is rooted in our relationship.
We achieve this through an approach that is:
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feminist
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trauma informed
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culturally humble
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highly collaborative
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evidence based
During our time together, I take from various therapy techniques and customize treatment to your needs. We work together as co-explorers, navigating your inner world, learning about your patterns, and we do everything together. You will never be left alone as we navigate your issues with disordered eating, body image, grief, or anything you feel is holding you back. We set goals together, we make adjustments together, and we will even laugh together (this is an essential skill to develop!).
I can be directive or sit back and let you process if that is what’s best for you. I come to every meeting to see you as you are and wherever you are in your process. You will always get empathy, authenticity, honesty, and humor from me.
Therapy Values
what guides me as a therapist
acceptance
humility
intention
humor
I can't predict what life or therapy will bring us. Together, we will work to gently accept whatever comes our way and slowly transform it into a gift.
I don't know everything, and I will admit when I don't know about your lived experience. I approach each session as an opportunity to learn something from you through open hearted curiosity.
Humor is therapeutic, and laughter is a bridge to acceptance
and is a spark for resiliency. Together, we will inject humor and lightness into our work with intentional spontaneity.
It is easy to move through life distracted and disconnected from what is in the here and now. I strive to engage with all aspects of your life with mindful intention and thoughtfulness.
Therapy Jargon
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Fighting against our thoughts and feelings is exhausting. With ACT, we learn to drop the fight and instead accept all thoughts and feelings as they are so that we may feel everything more effectively. This is done by developing a more compassionate relationship with our inner world and committing to behavioral change. This approach prioritizes changing behaviors in order to become the person we desire to be. The result is moving through the world with more flexibility and increased connection with our values, which is what helps us thrive.
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