I’m a strong believer that people’s personalities are a collection of individual parts; each with their own set of beliefs, attitudes, fears and behaviors. Most people come to therapy because, to some extent, they don’t understand why they do the things that they do or why their life is at the point it is. My answer to them is somewhat simple, but opens up a pretty lengthy discussion: because one or more of those parts that you don’t know a whole lot about is running the show, not you.
Without self-awareness, there can be no self-ownernship, and the path towards self-ownership is what guides every part of my practice. Self-ownership is understanding all of the impulses and influences that affect our decision making, taking responsibility for them, and then making the necessary adjustments. But self-ownership is hard, not solely because it requires a deep dive into our self, but it requires an abundance of something many of us try our best to minimize or escape altogether: responsibility.
In my practice I integrate a number of modalities in which I have been trained, including Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Gestalt psychotherapy. Having a diverse conceptual framework to pull from helps me tailor treatment, and interface with a wide variety of clients, suffering from a wide variety of maladies. But the key ingredient is your motivation to change and to grow, and the humility to take the steps necessary to make it happen.
If you want some more information about my practice or treatment style, or if you’d like to set up a consultation, reach out to me through the contact page.