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Psychotherapy with Adults

“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.  None but ourselves can free our minds.” – Bob Marley

 

“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.  None but ourselves can free our minds.” – Bob Marley

Clients often present with a variety of troubling thoughts and feelings perceived as depression, anxiety, relationship stress, marital discord, parenting challenges, communication struggles, etc. It is my aim that my clients come away from even just one actual session having at least one strategy to support their movement in alliance with what matters to them. Our work together takes a mindful and compassionate conversational approach toward building and living a life of richness. As a team, we will work to develop strategies and solutions to problems and build skills to support you in living a life consistent with your values.  Components of psychoeducation and skill building support expanded awareness and psychological flexibility, allowing clients to navigate troubling thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and pursue a value driven life.

Psychotherapy with Adults

“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.  None but ourselves can free our minds.” – Bob Marley

 

Clients often present with a variety of troubling thoughts and feelings perceived as depression, anxiety, relationship stress, marital discord, parenting challenges, communication struggles, etc.   It is my aim that my clients come away from even just one actual session having at least one strategy to support their movement in alliance with what matters to them. Our work together takes a mindful and compassionate conversational approach toward building and living a life of richness. As a team, we will work to develop strategies and solutions to problems and build skills to support you in living a life consistent with your values.  Components of psychoeducation and skill building support expanded awareness and psychological flexibility, allowing clients to navigate troubling thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and pursue a value driven life.
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Couples

“The most empowering relationships are those in which each partner lifts the other to a higher possession of their own being.” -Teilbard De Chardin.

“The most empowering relationships are those in which each partner lifts the other to a higher possession of their own being.” -Teilbard De Chardin.

 

On a foundation of emotional safety, couples partner together against challenges and work to build the relationship they want to have.   Rather than problem based, the work takes a solution focused approach, and includes components of communication styles and protocols, awareness expansion, and practice that allows clients to mend breaches, heal wounds, and build connectedness. Couples’ work is done in sessions and also through private couple’s retreats.

Couples

“The most empowering relationships are those in which each partner lifts the other to a higher possession of their own being.” -Teilbard De Chardin.

 

On a foundation of emotional safety, couples partner together against challenges and work to build the relationship they want to have.   Rather than problem based, the work takes a solution focused approach, and includes components of communication styles and protocols, awareness expansion, and practice that allows clients to mend breaches, heal wounds, and build connectedness.  Couples’ work is done in sessions and also through private couple’s retreats.

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Assessments

Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and working together under a blade of  grass…”        – Mary Catherine Bateson”

 

The first step in answering questions is often an evaluation.  Evaluations include comprehensive assessment designed to answer questions through consultation, testing, feedback and follow-up. The assessment process seeks to wade between the data and generate information that helps the client and those working with the client better understand the client’s needs and develop strategies that support goal achievement. With children, adolescents and adults with varying adjustment questions, a wide variety of psychological, educational, and neuropsychological techniques are selected for answering questions about capacities such as identifying strengths, areas of affinity, and protective factors, areas of need and vulnerability factors, determining learning style that can help guide instruction, diagnosing developmental disabilities, and exploring social-emotional functioning. Admissions testing for students is also readily available. 

 

Assessments

Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and working together under a blade of  grass…”        – Mary Catherine Bateson”

 

The first step in answering questions is often an evaluation.  Evaluations include comprehensive assessment designed to answer questions through consultation, testing, feedback and follow-up.  The assessment process seeks to wade between the data and generate information that helps the client and those working with the client better understand the client’s needs and develop strategies that support goal achievement.  With children, adolescents and adults with varying adjustment questions, a wide variety of psychological, educational, and neuropsychological techniques are selected for answering questions about capacities such as identifying strengths, areas of affinity, and protective factors, areas of need and vulnerability factors, determining learning style that can help guide instruction, diagnosing developmental disabilities, and exploring social-emotional functioning.  Admissions testing for students is also readily available.

Assessments

Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and working together under a blade of  grass…”        – Mary Catherine Bateson” 

The first step in answering questions is often an evaluation.  Evaluations include comprehensive assessment designed to answer questions through consultation, testing, feedback and follow-up.  The assessment process seeks to wade between the data and generate information that helps the client and those working with the client better understand the client’s needs and develop strategies that support goal achievement.  With children, adolescents and adults with varying adjustment questions, a wide variety of psychological, educational, and neuropsychological techniques are selected for answering questions about capacities such as identifying strengths, areas of affinity, and protective factors, areas of need and vulnerability factors, determining learning style that can help guide instruction, diagnosing developmental disabilities, and exploring social-emotional functioning.  Admissions testing for students is also readily available. 

 
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Theme-Centered Groups

“Yes we can!” – Barack Obama

Our psychology drives all we do. Thus, understanding psychological function is critical to the roles we play on a daily basis and simply to how we navigate our world. Ask about sessions to address topics of interest to private groups, including book clubs, brown-bag lunch groups, organizations, etc.

Theme-Centered Groups

“Yes we can!” –  Barack Obama

 

Our psychology drives all we do.  Thus, understanding psychological function is critical to the roles we play on a daily basis and simply to how we navigate our world. Ask about sessions to address topics of interest to private groups, including book clubs, brown-bag lunch groups, organizations, etc. 

Theme-Centered Groups

“Yes we can!” – Barack Obama

Our psychology drives all we do.  Thus, understanding psychological function is critical to the roles we play on a daily basis and simply to how we navigate our world. Ask about sessions to address topics of interest to private groups, including book clubs, brown-bag lunch groups, organizations, etc. 

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Parenting Skill Building

“Whatever” – A Teenager

 

Understanding the temperament, readiness,  and needs of the child can help parents learn how to best guide the child.   Incentive-based behavior management and social skills development strategies are  developed to fit the uniqueness of your family system. 

Parenting Skill Building

“Whatever” – A Teenager

Understanding the temperament, readiness,  and needs of the child can help parents learn how to best guide the child.   Incentive-based behavior management and social skills development strategies are  developed to fit the uniqueness of your family system. 

Parenting Skill Building

“Whatever” – A Teenager

 

Understanding the temperament, readiness,  and needs of the child can help parents learn how to best guide the child.   Incentive-based behavior management and social skills development strategies are  developed to fit the uniqueness of your family system. 

Parent Training

Changing Directions Consultation

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change IT, change your attitude” – Maya Angelou

Whether you choose change, or change happens, you may benefit from support at the start and along the way. The Changing Directions Consultation is a goal-oriented practice based on the philosophy of seeing the possibilities, identifying what is workable, and doing what matters.

If you are feeling stuck or at a crossroads, let us help you consider and even take your next step.

Changing Directions Consultation

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change IT, change your attitude” – Maya Angelou

Whether you choose change, or change happens, you may benefit from support at the start and along the way. The Changing Directions Consultation is a goal-oriented practice based on the philosophy of seeing the possibilities, identifying what is workable, and doing what matters.

If you are feeling stuck or at a crossroads, let us help you consider and even take your next step.

Changing Directions Consultation

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change IT, change your attitude” – Maya Angelou

 

Whether you choose change, or change happens, you may benefit from support at the start and along the way. The Changing Directions Consultation is a goal-oriented practice based on the philosophy of seeing the possibilities, identifying what is workable, and doing what matters.

If you are feeling stuck or at a crossroads, let us help you consider and even take your next step.

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