My Approach
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Within my therapeutic practice, I believe that there is not a one-size-fits-all approach to psychotherapy. I work psychodynamically and integrate other modalities when appropriate which can include Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness, and somatic-based approaches. All approaches offered within my practice are focused on incorporating work that targets emotional regulation, deeper self-exploration, and personal healing and growth. In addition, my goal as your therapist is to show you how increased self-awareness empowers you to live your best, and create a life worth living enabling you to handle those bumps in your journey.
What is EMDR?
EMDR is a unique, somatic form of psychotherapy designed to diminish negative feelings and sensations associated with memories of traumatic events. Unlike most forms of talk therapy, EMDR focuses less on the traumatic event itself and more on the disturbing emotions and symptoms that result from the event.
What is Psychodynamic Psychotherapy?
Psychodynamic therapy is similar to psychoanalytic therapy in that it is an in-depth form of talk therapy based on the theories and principles of psychoanalysis. It is equally focused on the client-therapist relationship and the client’s relationship with their inner and external world.
What is Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy?
DBT was originally developed to treat chronically suicidal individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), and it is now recognized as the gold standard psychological treatment for this population. In addition, research has shown that it is effective in treating a wide range of other disorders such as substance dependence, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and eating disorders.
DBT consists of four modules, Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Distress Tolerance, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. Through learning the skills of each module, the client learns to create a more productive, effective way of being in regard to self and others while creating a life worth living.
What is Sensorimotor Psychotherapy?
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (SP) is a complete therapeutic modality for trauma and attachment issues. SP welcomes the body as an integral source of information that can guide resourcing and the accessing and processing of challenging, traumatic, and developmental experience. SP is a holistic approach that includes somatic, emotional, and cognitive processing and integration. SP enables clients to discover and change habitual physical and psychological patterns that impede optimal functioning and well-being. SP is helpful in working with dysregulated activation and other effects of trauma, as well as the limiting belief systems of developmental issues. SP helps clients cultivate their strengths while providing enough challenge to stimulate growth, long-lasting change, and well-being.
How DOES TRAUMA AFFECT ME?
When you perceive a threat, the body activates the stress response occurring in both your body and brain. The body’s response to acute stress is preparation for emergency. Adrenaline and other hormones are released. The body shuts down. Memories of the event are stored in the mind and body. Traumatic stress reactions are normal reactions to abnormal circumstances.
Traumatic events can leave us feeling unsafe. They can disrupt our beliefs and assumptions about the world. Your sense of your ability to control your life may be shattered. You may question how much influence you have over your life and your life choices. The effects of trauma also can cause intense emotion, including extreme emotional fluctuations, unhappiness, anxiety, loneliness, anger, irritability, and feelings of self-worth.