I believe that people are made to function best on joy, the sense that someone is glad to be with you. Trauma happens when life overwhelms your ability to process it, and no one is there to help. Healing and maturity develop as we are able to feel pain and make meaning in the presence of an attuned and caring other.
I use an attachment and emotion focused approach to therapy. I can also integrate a Christian psychological model called Life Model for those would like their faith included in their therapy.
It's my hope that you will leave feeling less alone and more confident in your ability to be connected to others as well as your own self. I also hope the tools we practice together will help relieve the symptoms that brought you into therapy to begin with.
