Where healing begins…
About Therapy
Whether this is your first time to consider therapy or whether you have been on a similar journey previously, beginning the process is still a huge decision. When you reach out via the contact form, I set a 15 minute free consultation by phone. This is our opportunity to briefly get to know one another. The next step is to complete intake paperwork, which can be completed on your phone. During the first appointment, I will ask multiple questions to obtain a broad view of your issues, your history, etc. so that I can know how to best help. During the second visit, we will discuss the specific goals for therapy.
I use multiple strategies to help clients. I help them challenge negative thinking patterns, learn specific ways to journal that can aid in processing negative emotions, and improve self-worth and self-compassion. I help clients to define their boundaries and then learn how to communicate those to others and to teach others how to treat them. When appropriate, I provide links to online resources, recommendations for books or other resources that might be helpful to them.
Some clients may begin with weekly sessions while others begin with sessions every other week. Prior to leaving therapy, some clients will choose to have monthly check-in appointments for a while. Toward the end of therapy, I help clients determine if additional treatment may be needed by a practitioner licensed in a specific technique as a next step.
About the Therapist
During my first career, I spent 27 years in the field of education that included teaching Pre-K, Kindergarten and K-4th resource, being an instructional coach, an assistant principal, a consultant and then a program coordinator. I also have both personal and professional experience with caregiving, including assisting my mother during my father’s illness as a teen and then assisting parents of children with special needs.