When we begin a psychotherapy treatment, we embark on a journey together. I make it my business to get to you know you as deeply and thoroughly as possible. I want to know everything – What is a typical day like in your life? How was it to grow up in your family? your medical history, relationship patterns, who are your friends, your relationship to food, substances, exercise, your sexual and romantic life, and your relationship to spirituality. Everything.
As I get to know you from this holistic perspective, we begin to uncover how you repeat the patterns of your history – the way your childhood dynamics with your family are evidenced in modern day eruptions. This part of the work is to help you know what role YOU play in repeating those patterns and developing alternative response strategies when you are triggered to replay familiar roles.
Everyone gets something different. I work in a myriad of different modes of therapy techniques due to my many years of education and fondness for being a student as well as a professor. I am dedicated to learning the most current and empirically validated treatment techniques, and keep up with relevant recent neuropsychology research findings as well. My doctoral dissertation was on psychotherapy research which reflects the beginnings of my leaning toward understanding what is most effective in treatment. I tailor these techniques to fit different personality makeups and through discussion and trial and error, we will figure out which of these techniques work best for you.
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”