I am that therapist that is going to validate you and your experience, really search for and listen to what your goals are and make sure you are getting what you wanted out of therapy. As a therapist, I practice what I preach and continue to see my own therapist. I understand how important it is to be understood by the person who is hearing the most personal and uncomfortable aspects of your life.
I will work hard to make sure you are understood and are feeling hopeful about therapy. Right from the first session I will be trying to make sure you feel empowered with tools to tackle the issue that first week. I will tailor my therapeutic style to match what you are needing and you can see my typical therapeutic approaches in the section of my profile that says "modalities". Areas of specialty are: stress/anxiety, relationships and family conflict, children/adolescents, and Women's issues.
You can expect in our sessions for me to check in with you about if we are picking up on our treatment goals from last week and/or if you are coming in just needing to vent about a rough week. You can expect that I will strive for you to feel understood and then continue to guide us in making progress on the goals/hopes you had for therapy. If it is what works for you, I love to give concrete tasks/tools that you are working on between sessions.
