Have you ever wondered why you think, feel, or act in certain ways, but you can’t quite explain it? Sometimes things from our past shape us without us even knowing!
In our work together, we’ll look at the “whole” you and how your experiences might still be showing up in your life today.
Not a fan of rehashing old details? That’s okay! I don’t need the whole story to be able to help you create meaningful change.
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
I use different tools and techniques to support you on your journey. Sometimes I combine approaches depending on what I think might help most.
Your feedback and input really matters to me, so I’ll check in with you often to make sure what we’re doing feels okay for you.
Integrative Therapy
Somatic work - “Soma” is Ancient Greek for “Body”. You may (or may not) have heard that emotions and memories get stored in the body. Incorporating your body into our work is not a must, but it can make therapy much more powerful!
Parts work is about getting to know the different “parts” of yourself (do you have an inner critic or a people-pleaser part?) so we can better understand, heal, and work with them instead of fighting against them.
Inner child work is similar to parts work, but more focused on connecting with the younger version of yourself, heal old wounds, and give that part of you the care and understanding it needed.
Some approaches I take
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Try to “fix” you.
Give you advice.
Tell you what to do.
Pretend I know more about you than you do.
Pretend I know more about anything than I actually do.
Assume I know what is best for you.
Have all the answers.
Get upset if things don’t go a certain way.
Make the hard stuff go away. (Sorry...)
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Remind you that you’re in charge of the directions we take in sessions.
Listen with the aim to really understand you.
Ask questions, provide feedback, offer information, suggest experiments, and help build useful skills.
Support you in figuring things out.
Acknowledge that I don’t know it all.
Respect your wishes and boundaries.
Apologize when I make mistakes.
Celebrate your wins.
Hopefully help the make the hard stuff easier to manage.