As human beings, the experiences we\u2019ve had in life, good and bad, color our view of the world and have a lot to do with the quality of our relationships and our ability to live our life fully with joy, passion and commitment.\u00a0 We can end up being partial or full slaves to limiting ideas about ourselves, others and the world.\u00a0 My focus is on helping you enhance the quality of your present life, even with distressing \u201cbaggage\u201d of past hurtful or even traumatic experiences.<\/p>\n
My Counseling Approach:<\/p>\n
While I am influenced by several established approaches to mental health therapy, my first priority is to strive to respond in a healing manner to the unique human being in front of me, which means that I am flexible as to how I respond and avoid following any set of rigid guidelines.\u00a0\u00a0 I am inspired and guided by a number of therapy traditions, including EMDR, Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 These approaches all entail helping you increase awareness of how your ideas and thoughts have shaped your view of yourself, the world and others.\u00a0 In this way, you are in a better place to understand, and change, if needed,\u00a0 behavior patterns that have not served you well.\u00a0 I help you gain more awareness of how your underlying assumptions and thoughts relate to your behavior and also guide you in exploring past experiences, including those of childhood, in order to increase your\u00a0 understanding of the roots of your behavior and thought patterns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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