My approach draws on psychoanalytic thinking, which revolves on one central idea: much of what we think and feel remains outside of our awareness. Sometimes we keep powerful feelings hidden so we can continue moving through the day, or we simply cannot find time to reflect on everything that is happening to us. In any case, keeping these potent experiences hidden may leave us feeling stiff, dreary, unfulfilled, or even numb and dull.
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
In our first session together we’ll start with brief introductions and dive right into your concerns. You will find the session to be relieving, and you will likely feel seen/heard. You will speak about how things have been for you. We will discuss your cadence for individual psychotherapy sessions and frequency. This will help me create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow up sessions. You will be provided a bevy of resources.
Things people ask themselves:
Why did I act the way that I did?
•My meltdowns are frequency overloads.
• I don’t need to be “fixed” I need to be “felt.” •In the “limbo” of overwhelm and irritability. •My life changed when I lost all of my hormones (Menopause).
•Shame spiral
•On our gravestone it might as well say “got here a lot earlier out of an inability to say no.” •Refined aggression
•Avoidance behaviors
What was I feeling at the time? •Anxiety/Nervousness/Nerves shot
•I was invited but I wasn’t welcomed
•I have a habit of masking with a “smile.” •Rigid when I’m “not well or at my best.” •Negative thoughts about the self, world around you, about the future
•Those around me have “the art of implying everything but saying nothing” helpful
•On the receiving end of veiled insults, disguised as complements “bless your heart”💔
