I want to commend you on taking the first step towards better mental health! As a Licensed Professional Counselor, I am well positioned to help support and guide you towards meeting your therapy goals. While my practice focuses on conditions such as trauma, anxiety, and depression, my years of clinical work in community mental health has allowed me to gain an immense amount of general clinical experience as well.
My approach to our work together will depend upon what you want to gain from therapy. However, one factor that is crucial to therapy progress no matter what is the therapeutic alliance. If accomplishing your therapy goals is like climbing a daunting mountain, my role in the space is to help support, guide, and prepare you for the journey.
In our first therapy session, we will get to know each other. My intention is to create a therapy space that is supportive, calm, and collaborative, I typically ask about whether you have therapy goals in mind, but if you don't have specific goals ironed out yet, that is perfectly ok. Oftentimes, a general sense that "something is wrong" is what brings us to therapy.
