Individual Therapy
If you are struggling in any of your relationships or in any of your many life roles, I want to help you feel heard and understood as we explore any challenging life areas and obstacles you may be facing. In working with me, I will support you in building a relationship with all parts of your Self. Within the IFS approach, we know that the impacts our external relationships.
We may develop communication based skills to assert your wants and needs as well as practice and maintain healthy boundaries; we may focus on increasing your tolerance for distress and your ability to regulate emotions so that you can cope well with what may currently feel unmanageable; we may dig a little deeper to understand why you have arrived at the self narrative that currently exists.
My collaborative and proactive approach honors self-determination while helping you to identify goals based on your wants and needs, and to develop objectives (if desired) that accomplish those goals so that you can measure and know the kind of progress you are making after you leave a session.
Couples Therapy
Research shows that couples wait on average six years after relationship issues arise to seek professional help. I am trained in Gottman Level III couples methodology, which means that I use research based couples therapy to complete a thorough assessment of the relationship and integrate research-based interventions that are known to be effective in improving your relationship.
Whether your relationship is experiencing perpetual conflict, there has been a rupture of trust, or there is increasing emotional distance felt between partners, applying the tools learned in this couples therapy can truly change your relationship.
I am here to support each partner in the relationship throughout this process regardless of the relationship outcome. Some couples enter therapy with different goals for the outcome of therapy, and that is more than ok and in fact very common. I welcome any and all relationships in my practice. Please expect that my intentional description of couples therapy is referred to as relationship therapy to include all ways that relationships are identified by those in them.
