Therapy
At some point we can all benefit from what therapy offers: an opportunity to be deeply known and understood. Starting with a warm and collaborative therapeutic relationship, I work from the understanding that meaningful change is possible when we sincerely turn inwards and examine our basic assumptions about ourselves, others, and the world around us. I believe that therapy is a process of collaborative self-exploration into our values, needs, and ways of being with others. From this understanding, I work with clients to develop the critical skills of self-awareness, psychological flexibility, and emotional presence.
TreATMENT APPROACH
I work interactively and collaboratively with my clients by infusing humor, tact, and genuine relatedness into the therapeutic work. My therapeutic approach is firmly grounded in evidence based practice and and draws primarily from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy. My perspective is also broadly informed by humanistic values which emphasize the centrality of meaning-making, authenticity, and meaningful relationships in our lives. Additionally, because psychotherapy as a discipline has deep roots in both science and philosophy, my approach draws on the philosophical foundations of several contemporary schools of psychology such as Stoicism (CBT) and Zen Buddhism (ACT, Mindfulness, & DBT).
“Midway along the journey of our life
I woke to find myself in a dark wood,
for I had wandered off from the straight path.
How hard it is to tell what it was like,
this wood of wilderness, savage and stubborn
(the thought of it brings back all my old fears),
a bitter place! Death could scarce be bitterer.
But if I would show the good that came of it
I must talk about things other than the good.”
-Dante Alighieri, TheDivine Comedy