I tend to approach counseling collaboratively. I am to highlight your own experiences to build a plan for new successes for key areas in your life. I have over ten years counseling experience and worked in non-profit management for more than 15 years. My career helped me become attuned to navigating the stress of personal, professional, and academic life transitions.
I am more conversational in sessions - most of how we interact with the world is through communication and I feel therapy should mimic that when appropriate. I take a solution-focused approach, but am not afraid to mix things up based on whatever a person needs or feels more comfortable with.
First sessions are tricky - we have to spend time gathering information and history, but not at the cost of establishing a solid connection from which we work together moving forward. We will work on learning each other's communication styles and preferences as we establish some goal areas for early sessions together.
