More About the Counseling Process
Elements of Therapeutic Approach (and what they mean)
Below are the primarily psychological theories and therapeutic orientations that I draw from in my practice. I also incorporate practical skills for mindfulness, emotion regulation, and body-based grounding from the fields of DBT, ACT, and somatic experiencing.
Trauma-informed
Traumatic experiences cause emotional reactivity, unconscious fight/flight responses, and disintegrated memories. Regain your sense of safety, strengthen resilience skills, and reprocess memories as needed to restore your sense of agency and self.
Internal Family Systems
Find congruence among the “parts” of yourself that at times seem to be at war in your internal world. Learn to listen to the legitimate needs and strategies of each internal part and facilitate a process of releasing the burdens carried by your younger self.
Psychodynamic
Early childhood experiences form foundational templates for the way we perceive and engage with the world. Reprocess key memories to grow into freedom from your past.
Narrative
The way you make sense of significant experiences in your life shapes the way you perceive your present and make future choices. Retell your story with help finding key themes and new insight to challenge damaging beliefs about yourself.
Emotion-Focused Therapy
Explore your attachment style, uncover the primary emotions beneath unhealthy cycles in key relationships, and restructure your patterns of intimacy.
Interpersonal Neurobiology
The qualities of your relational experience literally change the neural networks in your brain. Experience and practice new relational patterns.