SERVICES
Adult Therapy
The coping strategies we needed early in life often become negative habits that cause us harm in adulthood. It is important to understand why we learned these unhealthy coping methods to begin with and why we continue to use them. Together we will start to look at these maladaptive strategies and find more efficient ways to help you help yourself. This will include helping you build compassion and caring for yourself, leaving the old ways behind, and living a fuller and more enjoyable life.
Child Therapy
Children do not choose to be difficult. Many times children are unable to communicate their needs and wants clearly. This leaves the parents or caregivers to figure out how best to handle the situation. This can create significant strain on the already complicated relationships between parents and troubled children. I believe it is important to recognize that family dynamics may be contributing to the behaviors of a troubled child. Communication is key in this work, I will be in regular communication with you and together we will work toward healthy solutions that will contribute to a positive and supportive home life for you and your child.
TREATMENT AREAS
Anxiety
Coping with anxiety is difficult, trying to explain to someone why you can't walk into a grocery store, follow through on tasks, or leave your home makes everything worse. Often our anxieties start out as a smart strategy to keep us safe, it is when they become out of control and maladaptive behaviors that we realize we need help. I will help you understand your anxieties, where and why they started in the first place, and how to develop more helpful and supportive coping strategies. My goal is for you to discover that life will become not just liveable but fun and much more enjoyable.
Depression
Depression is like little pebbles being dropped one at a time into your backpack, it gets heavier and heavier, until finally you feel as if you can no longer carry it. By this time it is usually so heavy that doing anything feels difficult. I know you can remove this burden and feel happy again. I will help you recognize the signs of your depression, how to empty your backpack, and together we will create tools that will give you focus, purpose and joy in your life.
Gender Identity
Gender Identity paths are as individual as you are. I am an affiliate of the University of Michigan Comprehensive Gender Services Program, have many years of experience within the LBGTQIA+ community and look forward to helping you sort through the many questions and obstacles you may encounter. Together we can work toward your goals, while avoiding some of the pitfalls that come with this new, exciting, and important journey.
Trauma
Trauma is defined as our nervous system being overwhelmed by an event that we feel we will not survive. Although this is true the definition does nothing to help stop the rumination, the anxiety, or compulsions that can be the result of experiencing a traumatic event, or a traumatic childhood. In August of 2022 I received my SEP. Somatic Experiencing® aims to resolve symptoms of stress, shock, and trauma that accumulate in our bodies. When we are stuck in patterns of fight, flight, or freeze, SE helps us release, recover, and become more resilient.