My Approach
Here are some of the skills and training I bring to the table.
- Interpersonal: You are invited to talk about your feelings not just about your life, but your feelings toward me, and towards our work together.
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- Modern Analytic: Let's study what parts of the past are acting out in the present. With awareness comes change.
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- Jungian: Stories and myths connect us to the human experience; we all have so much in common; especially in our suffering. Let's learn which stories are your stories.
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- Provocative: Occasionally it can be helpful to have the therapist mirror impulses back towards you to help you understand yourself.
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- Somatic: The body offers so much insight into the majesty of mind. Both contain information that helps one understand the other. There is a great deal of rich material to glean from talking about what's going on in the body. Be invited to talk about the sensation and physical symptoms that come up for you.
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I am trauma-informed, LGBTQIA affirming and allied.
Couples Therapy
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Communication
Rupture is an integral and inevitable part of every relationship. In fact, in order to grow individually and as a couple, rupture is necessary. Treatment begins with learning how to identify unmet needs behind each conflicts, and finding ways to communicate anger in tolerable ways. The objective is for each side to be seen, to be heard, and to be understood.
Negotiation
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After communication is successful, we move into negotiation. When we can hear each other, we then have the ability to find creative solutions to ruptures that once seemed impossible to recover from. In our work, you will first learn how to move from rupture to repair in the room. Then you will learn how to engage in ruptures and move safely to repair out of the room.
Group Therapy
Group therapy is perhaps the most potent form of treatment I know. Group members come together in a shared space to explore the compelling task of putting their thoughts and feelings into words with each other.
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Group is a place to learn about yourself and to learn about others. The more you learn about yourself, the more freely you can relate to other people.
Practice speaking things that you might not get the opportunity to say in other environments. Get feedback about blind spots and ways you may be impacting others. Explore connections with people, and use the skills you learn in group to deepen your connection outside of group.
Each group becomes its own atmosphere. With people who play on each side of the spectrum of pace and of temperament. Everyone finds themselves feeling a wide variety of human experience in the room. All experiences, when put into words, are greatly welcome.