Life is messy and can be unpredictable. I didn't see myself practicing in the metro NYC area back many years back as a student-athlete at Mizzou. Since then, there have been detours, multiple degrees, advanced clinical training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI), with work in all levels care as a counselor and later as a clinical director. A majority of my clinical work is in the area of addiction, anxiety, and depression with adults.
I utilize Motivational Interviewing skills to understand what your current core values and how they interact with the presenting challenge. As we begin to understand what variables driving the dysfunctional elements in your life, we will engage in personalized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) statements to challenge the dysfunctional thoughts to manage thoughts/emotions. All of this done at a pace that you can sustain.
Little kids like to play the "Why" game with adults. It is a question process that frequently does not yield any real change beyond their entertainment. Adults will put themselves in similar mental frustration traps and/or engage in attempted solutions that become bigger problems (substance abuse). My clients learn to ask questions that lead to deeper levels of change. Not "Why did this happened", but "What is really happening" and then "What am I going to do about this today".
