Amy Waldie has experience working with adolescents, young adults, and adults. She specializes in helping clients develop the insight and skills necessary to manage depression, anxiety, grief, family stress, relationships, unresolved trauma, and sexuality. She is EMDR- trained and uses an integrative approach.
I have developed many techniques along the way as not one intervention will work for everyone. Some of the modalities I use are EMDR, CBT, Motivational interviewing, solution-focused techniques as well as a combination of these.
I meet people where they are, maybe having to learn how they are even feeling let alone how to cope with that feeling. Maybe we have a tool, but if no one ever took the time to teach us, then what good is that tool?
During a first session, I really like to focus on rapport building and find out what some of the therapy goals might be. I tend to use humor at times to help with the nervousness of an initial counseling session. I am willing to listen to as little or as much as you are wanting to share during a first session, I meet you where you are.
