As a clinician with eight years of experience from community mental health to private practice, I provide a large background of experience working with folks from crisis intervention, coping with grief and loss, bipolar management and skills and figuring out where you would like to be in life. I let my clients guide the process and offer support in the process if help finding the way is challenging.
My approach is rooted in self agency, gentle support as well as providing evidence based practice to provide benchmarks of progress. No two clients receive the same treatment as I believe different people need different focuses and types of help. My job is is get to know you and work on your goals as a team.
In a first session I ask where feels best to start this therapy session. Some folks like to catch me up, while others may want me to ask questions about them. Either approach is fine, but in many first sessions, if it is your first therapy session or if you are starting a new therapeutic relationship with me it can be a slower pace and we start this new journey together.
