My Approach to Helping
I work to provide a safe environment for clients to explore feelings. I provide feedback and direction as appropriate. My approach is candid and direct. I Often use humor to bring things into perspective. I have been a psychotherapist for over 30 years. I strive to create a safe place for you to explore and successfully address the challenges you bring to therapy. I specialize in treating trauma (chronic or recent). I am a certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTPII). Trauma is not necessarily a specific event; it can be the environment you breathe(d). I also work with depression, anxiety, hopelessness, grief, life transitions among other issues.
I have extensive experience in the field of trauma and energy psychology, I have found energy psychology techniques to be very effective in helping clients move through troubling issues, intrusive thoughts, flashbacks and emotional triggers. Many clients don't understand why they react the way they do. This is often when someone has been triggered: feelings of the past have been triggered by a current situation outside the clients' awareness.
I've worked with a wide variety of clients and have substantial experience providing support to people from many backgrounds with a wide variety of concerns. I can help you be the person you want to be by helping you to see what's in your way. I find energy work invaluable to processing issues, but relationship building is where it starts. I use cognitive techniques to help clients learn how their thinking affects their feelings and decisions. I look to family of origin relationships (Object Relations) to help clients understand what is being repeated in their current relationships and how to move beyond that. I use trauma specific interventions (Psych-K, Neuro-Emotional Technique, TNT and Heartspeak) to help clients move quickly through their distress. These techniques are also used to help clients change their behavior and beliefs about themselves. I use all of the above to help people find themselves, their value and worth as well as their life's purpose.