Therapy Approach
I take an integrative, evidence based approach to treatment, which means I pull from the treatment modalities that I'm trained in, based on your symptoms and goals. Read more about the treatment modalities that I use in my practice and how I may be able to help:
In CBT, how we think influences how we feel and how we respond to situations. Together, we will work on challenging negative thought patterns, identifying unhelpful behaviors, and exploring strategies for changing them. These strategies can improve mood and the way we respond to challenging situations. CBT has proven effective in treating a host of mental health conditions, including anxiety, depression, ADHD, binge eating, OCD, insomnia, substance abuse, and it can assist in helping us manage difficult life experiences, such as divorce or relationship problems.
What fires you up? What drives you? What do you want, from your career? Your partner? Acceptance and Commitment therapy (ACT) can help us move into a state of psychological flexibility, accepting natural emotional responses to situations with acceptance, while also working to ensure that our behaviors align with our goals. ACT may help people manage their anxiety, depression, disordered eating, and OCD.
https://contextualscience.org/act
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills training in 4 modules: mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills. The premise is that by giving clients more skills, they can live happier lives. DBT skills can help people improve interpersonal difficulties, manage their emotions more effectively by becoming aware of them, and offer strategies for people's "self soothing toolkit."
Diets fail in the long-term for most people, and about one-third to two-thirds end up heavier than their pre-diet weight. By taking a HAES approach, I operate from the paradigm that weight isn't the only indicator of health, and that health comes in all shapes and sizes. I work to support clients using attuned eating strategies and cognitive behavioral techniques as they re-learn how to eat based on internal cues of hunger, satiety, and appetite, as well as supporting the joy of movement (Beyond a Shadow of a Diet, J. Matz and E. Frankel, Routledge)
A client-centered approach focused on helping clients understand their motivation (and ambivalence) for making change in their lives. MI is focused on exploring the person's reasons for change in a non-judgmental accepting space.
https://motivationalinterviewing.org/understanding-motivational-interviewing