I strive to be warm, approachable, easy to talk to, and an excellent listener. I am not here to judge you. I am a mother of three children who are all grown up and I’ve experienced more than my fair share of life challenges. I don’t recommend any treatments or practices that I myself have not used.
I approach sessions using a strength based, motivational interviewing style with a heavy emphasis on client directed care. This is the client’s journey and ultimately it’s their life and they are the expert of their experiences. While I have training in multiple modalities, CBT is the core of my approach and as such it does require patients to put in work between sessions. The sessions are for insight, support, processing, and lightbulb moments, between sessions are practice and implementation. Expect home challenges and practice to be assigned.
The first session is our chance to get to know each other. We will review your history, what is bringing you in to therapy, what has worked and hasn’t worked for you in the past. We will identify what possible diagnosis you might be struggling with and identify treatment goals for our time together as well as set expectations, and review basic policies such as confidentiality and no shows/late cancellations. This is your first chance to share your story with me.
