Brainspotting
Brainspotting (BSP) is a therapy used to treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), emotional dysregulation, anxiety, depressive symptoms, and other behavioral conditions; even performance and creativity enhancement. During the recollection of traumatic memories, the therapist assists in pinpointing visual locations that act as triggers. Sessions involve exploration, eye focus, and somatic experiences, with benefits including reduced distress, improved sleep, and decreased negative thoughts.
Gottman Method for Couples Therapy
The Gottman Theory For Making Relationships Work shows that to make a relationship last, couples must become better friends, learn to manage conflict, and create ways to support each other's hopes for the future. It focuses on emotions, emotional repair, building safety, trust, bonding, love, intimacy, friendship, and positive affect. Drs. John and Julie Gottman have shown how couples can accomplish this by paying attention to what they call the Sound Relationship House, or the seven components of healthy relationships.
Family Systems Therapy
Family Systems therapists view problems within the family as the result not of particular members' behaviors, but of the family's group dynamic. The family is seen as a complex system having its own language, roles, rules, beliefs, needs and patterns. The therapist helps each individual member understand how their childhood family operated, their role in that system, and how that experience has shaped their role in the current family. Therapists with the MFT credential are usually trained in Family Systems therapy.
Sex Therapy
Sex therapy is a specialized form of counseling that addresses concerns related to sexual function, intimacy, and satisfaction. Through open communication and tailored interventions, I help individuals and couples explore and resolve issues, promoting a healthier and more fulfilling sexual life.
Mindfulness Approach
Mindfulness means living in the here and now, reducing negative thoughts and fully embracing the present moment. In the absence of mindfulness, there's a tendency to become stuck in our thoughts, obsessing over all the daily tasks and stressors waiting for you.
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive-behavioral therapy stresses the role of thinking in how we feel and what we do. It is based on the belief that thoughts, rather than people or events, cause our negative feelings. The therapist assists the client in identifying, testing the reality of, and correcting dysfunctional beliefs underlying his or her thinking. The therapist then helps the client modify those thoughts and the behaviors that flow from them. CBT is a structured collaboration between therapist and client and often calls for homework assignments. CBT has been clinically proven to help clients in a relatively short amount of time with a wide range of disorders, including depression and anxiety.
Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a method of therapy that works to engage the motivation of clients to change their behavior and reach their goals. Clients are encouraged to explore and confront their ambivalence. Therapists attempt to influence their clients to consider making changes, rather than non-directively explore themselves.
Person-Centered Therapy
Person-centered therapy uses a non-authoritative approach that allows clients to take more of a lead in discussions so that, in the process, they will discover their own solutions. The therapist acts as a compassionate facilitator, listening without judgment and acknowledging the client's experience without moving the conversation in another direction. The therapist is there to encourage and support the client and to guide the therapeutic process without interrupting or interfering with the client's process of self-discovery.
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Solution-focused therapy, sometimes called "brief therapy," focuses on what clients would like to achieve through therapy rather than on their troubles or mental health issues. The therapist will help the client envision a desirable future, and then map out the small and large changes necessary for the client to undergo to realize their vision. The therapist will seize on any successes the client experiences, to encourage them to build on their strengths rather than dwell on their problems or limitations.
My Specialties
ADHD Counseling
Anger Management Counseling
Anxiety Counseling
Autism Spectrum Counseling
Bipolar Disorder Counseling
Borderline Personality (BPD) Counseling
Chronic Pain Counseling
Coping Skills Counseling
Depression Counseling
Dissociative Disorders (DID) Counseling
Divorce Counseling
Dual Diagnosis Counseling