I did my education in California and my post graduate work in Hawaii. My training had a heavy emphasis in relationships but my career has been heavily clinical. I have worked in a residential treatment center for substance use as well as eating disorders, a psych hospital, a university, a church counseling center, and private practice shared with psychiatry. Very few topics I am not competent to tackle with you at this point!
My approach is to understand the "why" behind your situation and untangle it from the root. I could use many fancy words for the modalities that I use to accomplish this but for me it is all working to understand what in the system is broken and how can we fix it.
An intake session is always a bit dry but it is not an accurate representation of what further sessions will be like. Intake is a necessary first step of gathering information before I begin to try to add any insights; think, "getting to know you" interview. It is also a chance for the client to determine the rightness of fit for what they prefer.
