Integrative Therapy
I offer an integrative approach, meaning I drawn on, but am not limited to specific theoretical orientations during counseling sessions. Using various sound clinical interventions, I am able to adapt, offering you a tailored therapy in order to reach mutually agreed upon goals. The majority of my work is centered on Psychodynamic therapy while also borrowing from other significant theories like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Additionally, my therapeutic approach is influenced by my training, work and life experiences.
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Psychodynamic therapy focuses on the psychological roots of emotional and relational suffering. During our time together we will highlight felt conflicts you may be experiencing but are unable to clearly understand or resolve. The ultimate goal of this form of therapy is to help you resolve your conflicts and increase self-understanding. As you resolve these conflicts, your fears, symptoms and other difficulties that may be preventing you from achieving your goals will lessen. We will work together to identify a clearer sense of what you feel and desire enabling you to manage problems more effectively and more fully connect with others.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
CBT is a type of psychotherapeutic treatment helps you understand the thought and feelings that influence behaviors. The basis of CBT is in discovering how we perceive any given situation and the tremendous influence it has on how we feel and act. CBT differs from psychodynamic psychotherapy in that it helps you focus on the present and the things you can change in the moment. Here, you will learn different skills and techniques to challenging your “take on things”. This is helpful especially when your perceptions cause you to misinterpret and overreact to situations, or worry excessively, which can lead to stress.
What is EMDR?
Initially EMDR was utilized and studied as a therapy for PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) which was itself a relatively new diagnosis for an age-old human affliction. More than 20 controlled clinical trials of EMDR have now been completed and reported, attesting to its value and demonstrating its usefulness across all ages, genders, and cultures for post-traumatic stress disorders. Tens of thousands of clinicians have been trained in EMDR, and have applied the defining protocols of this psychotherapy to many other conditions, including: Personality disorders, eating disorders, panic attacks, performance anxiety, complicated grief, stress reduction, dissociative disorders, disturbing memories, addictions, phobias, pain disorders, sexual and/or physical abuse.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a cost-effective non-invasive evidence-based method of psychotherapy that facilitates adaptive information processing developed by Francine Shapiro, PhD in the late 1980′s. EMDR is an eight-phase treatment which comprehensively identifies and addresses experiences that have overwhelmed the brain’s natural resilience or coping capacity, and have thereby generated traumatic symptoms and/or harmful coping strategies. Through EMDR therapy, patients are able to reprocess traumatic information until it is no longer psychologically disruptive.
During this procedure, patients tend to “process” the memory in a way that leads to a peaceful resolution. This often results in increased insight regarding both previously disturbing events and long held negative thoughts about the self. For example, an assault victim may come to realize that he was not to blame for what happened, that the event is really over, and, as a result he can regain a general sense of safety in his world.
What is TBRI®?
Developed by Dr. Karyn Purvis and Dr. David Cross at the TCU Institute of Child Development, Trust-Based Relational Interventions® (TBRI®) is an emerging intervention model for a wide range of childhood behavioral problems. It has been applied successfully in a variety of contexts, and with many children for whom numerous other interventions have failed (e.g., medications, cognitive-behavioral therapies.) TBRI® is based on a solid foundation of neuropsychological theory and research, tempered by humanitarian principles. It is a family-based intervention that is designed for children who have experienced relationship-based traumas such as institutionalization, multiple foster placements, maltreatment, and/or neglect. For the past ten years, Drs. Purvis and Cross have been implementing and evaluating TBRI® , and their strategies have proven extremely effective in creating healing environments for children who have come from “hard places.”
For more information visit: http://www.child.tcu.edu/training.asp
What is the Birkman Method?
The Birkman Method is a powerful tool that identifies a person’s passions, behaviors, motivation and interests. The Birkman Method® tool implements an online personality, social perception, and occupational interest assessment. This assessment measures and reports behavioral strengths, motivations, expectations, stress behavior, and career profiles. The Birkman Method is the tool to understand self, understand others, and the interpersonal and career choices that can lead to success and well-being.
As a certified Birkman consultant, I offer this tool to clients as a support to understanding their talents, giftings and to also help identify where and when unhealthy patterns of relating exist and how to avoid or resolve behaviors that get in the way of being the most productive, thriving version of you possible.
To get a “taste” of the insight the test offers, check it out here: https://q.birkman.com/q/s/?rHFsVF27