Benefits of Therapy
Individual Depth Psychotherapy Can…
Decrease symptoms of mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression
Help people with anxious attachment, avoidant attachment, or disorganized attachment heal attachment wounds and move toward a more secure attachment
Provide a safe, culturally sensitive, and inclusive space for individuals to tell their stories and process their experiences and trauma without judgement
Improve self-esteem and help individuals cultivate self-love so they feel valuable not for what they do, but for who they are
Increase an individual’s understanding of how family of origin issues may have created patterns that lead to dissatisfaction in relationships, and teach them how to break those patterns and develop healthy boundaries
Increase a person’s insight into past experiences to develop more self-awareness, self-compassion, and self-forgiveness
Help clients reconnect with and reparent their inner child
Quiet the voices of shame, fear, and inappropriate guilt
Lead to more authentic and whole-hearted living
Help clients find new ways of thinking and being
Provide support with life transitions, difficult times, and daily stress
Decrease codependency and lead to more secure attachment
Family/Parent-Adult Child Relationship Therapy Can…
Help families deepen their connection with each other without sacrificing the autonomy of each individual.
Help families reduce conflict by increasing communication skills of each family member and helping each family member feel heard and valued
Create a more nurturing environment where each person can increase their own self-esteem
Support parents by teaching them parenting skills.
Strengthen parent/child relationships and decrease conflict within those relationships by teaching parents and children emotional regulation techniques and empathy building
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself, just as I am, then I can change.”
- Carl Rogers
Common Populations I Provide Therapy For:
Adults seeking to understand their attachment styles, heal attachment wounds, and build healthier relationships
Women who use people-pleasing, perfectionism, and conflict avoidance as coping strategies for anxiety and want to understand where their anxiety and coping strategies originated, learn to set boundaries, access suppressed emotions, learn to self-soothe, and increase self-confidence and self-worth
Adult children of emotionally immature or narcissistic parents
Adult family members of people with borderline personality disorder
Teens struggling with anxiety, depression, or feeling like they don’t belong who want to learn to challenge unhelpful thoughts leading to painful feelings and increase self-esteem and distress tolerance
Parents of teens or young adults who are transitioning out of the home
Clients with a desire to process past trauma that is impacting their lives in the present
Grief and Loss
Life Transitions
Other Issues and Populations
Domestic Violence
Empty Nesters
Racial Identity
Parenting
Additional Training
Emotion Focused Therapy
Working with Shame and Anger in Psychotherapy Workshop
Emotionally Focused Therapy for Individuals
ICEEFT’s Level One and Level Two
Gestalt Therapy
Year one of Pacific Gestalt Institute’s Weekend Training Program
Jungian
A Jungian Approach to Spontaneous Drawing: A Window to the Soul through Pacifica Graduate Institute Workshop
Disclaimer: Therapy is not guaranteed to be successful. Progress and success vary depending upon the particular problems or issues being addressed, as well as many other factors including the client’s ability and commitment to develop insight and make changes. Some modalities of treatment will be extremely effective with one client, and less effective or ineffective with another. When a therapist’s treatment approach is not effective with a particular client, it may be necessary for that client to be referred to a therapist who uses a different approach. There may be times when medication is necessary for symptom relief.