Towards Wholeness and Resiliency
Our Approach
Integrative
In our practice, collaboration is key. We understand that each individual is unique, with distinct needs and circumstances. This belief guides our flexible approach, incorporating various styles and modalities to develop a customized plan for each person. Your uniqueness is always at the forefront, ensuring personalized and effective therapy.
Relational
A robust therapeutic relationship is fundamental for successful psychotherapy. Ensuring you feel understood, safe, and trusted is our priority. Relational psychotherapy in our practice focuses on honing interpersonal skills, understanding attachment styles, enhancing communication, and exploring and establishing healthy boundaries.
Trauma-Informed
Recognizing trauma as a deep-seated disruption to your nervous system, our approach emphasizes the restoration of safety and balance. We move slowly and intentionally to process painful emotions and difficult experiences, to move out of unhelpful coping strategies and towards integration, wholeness and resiliency.
Anti-Oppressive
Acknowledging the profound impact of systemic issues on mental health, we prioritize empowered, individualized responses to challenges. I strive to establish equal and collaborative relationships with my clients, affirming their expertise in their own experiences while providing our insights and suggestions respectfully.
Mindfulness-Based
Supporting mindfulness, our approach encourages clients to acknowledge and understand their thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations as they arise. Employing therapies such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindful Self-Compassion, we guide clients towards increased self-awareness, present-moment focus, and a life rich in value and meaning.
Humanistic-Experiential
This approach centers on enhancing emotional awareness and management. We assist clients in exploring and expressing emotions effectively, utilizing this emotional insight for informed and thoughtful action. Here, we embrace experiential and humanistic methods to delve deeper into the self, unlocking inner wisdom and healing.
Somatic
Acknowledging the limits of cognitive approaches for trauma resolution, we integrate somatic therapy to address PTSD and trauma responses. Encouraging clients to attentively listen to their bodies, we employ techniques informed by yoga therapy and polyvagal theory, promoting nervous system regulation, safety, and calmness.
Cognitive-Behavioral
Addressing the interplay between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, we guide clients in discerning and altering repetitive thought patterns causing distress. By identifying thoughts as separate from reality, clients gain insight, fostering new, healthier thought pathways. We also examine the impact of behavioral choices on life satisfaction, steering towards a meaningful life journey.
Ready for Positive Change?
Embark on your journey to well-being with Collaborative Care Therapy. Schedule your free 15-minute consultation today.