My Approach to Helping
I have a wealth of experience working with individuals with major mental disorders, typical depressionanxiety, and substance use disorders and associated recovery as well as family andor legal issues and trauma—developmental, acute, andor complex. Are you having a difficult time dealing with life, people, everything, regularly feeling overwhelmed, struggling to find joy or contentment, or feeling as though your spirit is diminished or permanently wounded? I can help with those things. Medication can be helpful but typically only targets symptoms and not underlying problems. Substance use and other maladaptive behaviors also only dull or distract from underlying pain while consistently reducing all healthy strategies for coping. Every person’s experiences and presentation is different, so I have a broad range of approaches I use to help you identify and resolve the underlying issues and return to healthy coping. I have found the current challenges of many clients often stem from some negative past experience(s). Oftentimes some childhood adversity or dysfunctional family dynamics have led to some developmental trauma; other times some acute or complex trauma (emotional wounds) continues to affect individuals in very different and unseen ways. Over time, the burden of past wounds weighs down one’s spirit resulting in increased vulnerability and decreased resilience; this may be described as burnout, overwhelm, work stress, depression, anxiety, ADHD, relationshiptrust issues, hypersensitivity, social avoidance, and a host of others. Whatever your challenges, I utilize a top-down (build skills and resilience) and bottom-up (therapeutically working through past issues) approach to help you find understanding, resolution, and peace. Most clients begin to feel much better very quickly, and they typically find they can continue to feel increasingly better as they invest in their own therapeutic journey.