A form of talk therapy that focuses on an individual’s nature and characteristics. I will consider the whole person, particularly their positive characteristics. I will view you with non-judgment, unconditional positive regard and see your area of potential for growth and work with you to see these parts of you for yourself. The focus will be on your positive traits and behaviors and build on those to increase your insight of your wisdom, growth, healing and fulfillment. I use this approach with all clients for all presenting issues and is the core base for my approach to therapy.

This approach is based on developing or rebuilding trust and centers on expressing emotions in appropriate and productive ways. We will look at current attachment styles in relationship (romantic, friendship, peer, professional etc.), how they were formed and how they may negatively impact successful connection.

This approach aims to address feelings of shame and self-criticism. The goal will be to work with you to cultivate the skills of self-compassion to help regulate mood and lead to feelings of safety, self-acceptance and comfort.

This approach focuses on the search for meaning within yourself and the world. It focuses on self-awareness, free will, self-determination and self-understanding.

This approach helps individuals resolve their problems by looking through the lens of your family of origin’s relationship system. Family conflict and destructive dynamics that an individual grows up in, can and often surface later in life, potentially causing distress in interactions and daily functioning as an adult.

This approach aims to improve couple relationships and is based from attachment theory to improve feelings of security with your partner. Working with an individual in this modality is with the goal to improve your individual role in the relationship to become more responsive, communicative and pro-active in your romantic relationship.

This approach helps people resolve ambivalent feelings and difficulties in finding motivation for change. It is natural and common to want to change (or sometimes not wanting to change at all) but have difficulty finding motivation or being resistant to the change. We work through the emotional stages of change necessary to find your motivation and incentive.

This approach looks at the mind and body connection and how it impacts effects wellness at the psychological and physiological level. Thought, emotions, and sensations are believed to be interconnected and influence one another. Making the mind-body connection can help you identify sooner when distress is coming on and have techniques to manage the somatic system’s stress response. Mindfulness, relaxation techniques, and physical movement is utilized to relieve symptoms of distress.

This approach is based on principles designed to address the resulting symptoms and aftereffect of a traumatic incident or accumulation of many traumatic incidents. It is focused on understanding the impact of trauma on the brain and the resulting emotional, physiological and cognitive thinking. It uses a combination of psycho-education, coping skills, cognitive processing and gradual exposure to triggers to lessen the effects and intensity of trauma reactions that negatively impact your daily functioning.

This is a non-authoritative approach that allows you to lead the session and, in that process, help you discover your own solutions. This approach focuses on you being the best expert of yourself. I as a therapist will guide you with being a compassionate facilitator, listening without judgment and acknowledging your experience. The goal will be for you to gain more self-confidence, a stronger sense of self/identity and more trust in yourself and your own decisions.

This approach focuses on your positive internal strengths and resourcefulness. The goal is to build up a positive mindset that helps you build on your best, qualities, find your strengths, improve resilience and ultimately change your worldview to one that is more positive. Perspective on a situation can impact your ability to manage it in a productive and positive way.

This approach focuses on goal setting as the foundation. Together we’ll concentrate on finding solutions in the present and exploring your hope for the future to come to a resolution to your presenting problem. I will use a positive, respectful and hopeful outlook to help you build your strength, wisdom, experience and resilience to effect change in your life.