Since 2015, have gained a wide breadth of experience ranging from wilderness therapy to residential treatment centers, working with clients aged 13-72. Recently, I was a Clinical Director working with dual-diagnosed boys and young men. I am trained in a Gestlat Approach, Brainspotting, and Relapse Prevention.
My approach to therapy is to assist clients in raising awareness of uncounsious experiences in order to live life more integrated. I aim to assist in shedding light on what is dark. I utilize the here-and-now to assist clients in becoming aware of internal processes in order for clients to lessen avoidance patterns and embrace individual ownership of experience.
I want to be in therapeutic relationship with my clients that builds on trust and growing together. If I do not come out of session with a sense of a discovery about the person across from me, I know my clients will not experience that within themselves. After a few sessions, clients will have a new sense of ownership and awareness of their internal experience. Sometimes a client will experience a therpeutic encounter that is difficult to process, though critical in the growth process.
