How I Help
Psychodynamic Therapy
You might wonder why you’re attracted to certain people.
Perhaps you keep ending up in the same kinds of relationships, re-creating the same self-defeating patterns.
You may be choosing familiar yet unavailable romantic partners, sabotaging your success and happiness.
Does life seem meaningless or is something holding you back from living the life you want, the life you deserve?
Being in such a house divided against ourselves results in anxiety and inner unrest. As human beings, we often go to great extent to avoid these aversive feelings or find a solution that will silence the conflict within.
Let’s get to the root of your problems!
Psychodynamic therapy is practical, and it helps free people from suffering.
So, what makes it so effective?
Psychodynamic therapy encourages you to explore your full emotional range, to identify recurring patterns, and to examine the why and how you avoid what is bothering you.
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
Rather than feeding you a solution, psychodynamic therapy helps you uncover the conflicts underneath your troublesome symptoms,
so you can reclaim control of your life again.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Shakespeare captured the essence of CBT in 12 short words:
“There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”
It’s not what happens to us that determines our emotional well-being but rather how we think about what happens.
So, what is CBT?
In practice, CBT consists of identifying problematic thoughts and behaviors and replacing them with healthier responses.
By creating change in your thinking patterns, you can alleviate stress and negative emotions to regain control of your actions.
But does it work?
CBT focuses on the present: patterns of thinking, emotion and behavior as they unfold in your life.
Much suffering results from recurring, automatic, negative, and distorted thoughts which keep us stuck in painful states like anxiety and depression.
When you’re feeling upset, are you exaggerating, personalizing, catastrophizing, etc.?
Do your thoughts really make sense?
CBT can reveal the source of your issues.
Together, we’ll restructure your thought process and develop “good mental hygiene,” so you can start feeling good again.
Solution-Focused Therapy
Sometimes, we know where we want to go, but we just need a road map to help us get there.
The goal of solution-focused therapy is to help you imagine the future you want to create.
To place more importance on finding solutions to problems rather than focusing on the problems themselves.
It’s all about present and future outcomes – not about your childhood or the myriad ways your past has influenced your present.
We’ll illuminate what’s holding you back – what’s making your vision unattainable.
Then, we’ll tear down those roadblocks and start your journey toward having the life you want.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
How do you suddenly find yourself trapped inside a painful mood?
Let’s take a closer look.
Through powerful mindfulness practices, you can understand and regulate your emotions better.
In short, they make healthier perspectives easier.
They can give you a “bird’s eye view” of what’s happening within yourself – to keep you grounded.
Is your mind going constantly?
Mindfulness’s strength gives you the ability to be less reactive – less likely to jump to emotional distress.
It helps you keep a healthy sense of distance from your thoughts and emotions, rather than becoming completely consumed by them.
If you see your thoughts and emotions like passing clouds, instead of getting lost in them, you can choose to watch them come and go. By observing and not making them “yours,” you can recognize them for what they are: temporary appearances in consciousness.
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
Emotions are funny things. We feel them constantly.
“Trust your gut.” “Listen to your heart.”
Culture teaches you to trust them from a very early age. They tell you what you want and need in relationships and rapidly alert you to situations important to your well-being.
But how you manage your emotions can create issues. EFT helps you to better identify, explore and manage your emotions.
EFT draws on attachment theory, which asserts that we, as humans, are hardwired for strong, emotional bonds with others.
For couples, the basic idea behind EFT is that underneath the arguments and fights, you harbor a genuine desire to feel secure in your love.
Fights are a result of an underlying pattern.
The goal of EFT is to help you and your partner overcome these negative cycles, break free from unhealthy patterns that trap you, and strengthen your emotional bond.
You and your partner will learn how to express underlying emotions from a place of vulnerability and how to ask for your needs to be met.