Psychotherapy
What is psychotherapy? In my practice, psychotherapy can help you discover your strenths, face your fears, and learn skills to negotiate daily living. The relationship that we form between us, the client and the therapist, is the primary tool we use for healing.
This inscription from Thich Nhat Hanh, "Breathe, my dear," hangs in my treatment room. It embodies for me the outcome of good psychotherapy: a relaxed state of being in which one can look at both one's strengths and challenges with open eyes and an open heart, and so learn to do life in a way that brings increased courage, social and emotional well-being, love, and joy.
This inscription from Thich Nhat Hanh, "Breathe, my dear," hangs in my treatment room. It embodies for me the outcome of good psychotherapy: a relaxed state of being in which one can look at both one's strengths and challenges with open eyes and an open heart, and so learn to do life in a way that brings increased courage, social and emotional well-being, love, and joy.
What is psychotherapy good for? (click here)
What is a session like? Psychotherapy sessions are available long distance or face-to-face. There are many ways of doing therapy. I mostly use psychodynamic therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), Sand Tray World Play and cognitive-behavioral strategies. We may also make use of dreams and images to access other levels of consciousness. We develop together the goals for the therapy, and estimate how long we will work together before re-evaluating our progress. We may talk together, ask questions, practice skills, experience guided meditations, do exercises, analyze dreams, journal, remember, imagine, and envision. Most of these strategies can be done face-to-face or over the phone. EMDR is a strategy used only face-to-face.
Qualifications in brief: I am trained and licensed as a Master's Level Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience. I have received additional training in EMDR, Dialectical Behavioral Training (a cognitive-behavioral approach), and play therapy.