Values
I fervently believe in the value of the therapeutic process and relationship. I strive to develop a way of thinking about and practicing counseling and psychotherapy that begins with an ethic of respect and responsibility: How can I engage with my clients—and with the wider world—in ways that are deeply valuing, respectful, and helpful?
Why therapy?
Everyone is different, and everyone has a unique life full of difficult challenges and strengths. Thus, the aim of my work is to collaboratively focus on what you may want and need help with. Some people come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, lacking control over their lives, and seeking help in finding more meaningful ways to navigate challenges. Others seek therapeutic help when they have a general sense that 'something is not quite right' or 'something needs to change.' While most people come to me for deep, transformative change, which requires time and effort, we can also focus on specific short-term goals for symptom relief."
Inner world issues
Whatever the reasons are, it's important to me that you feel safe and accepted, enabling you to explore your difficult experiences and understand what troubles you. We will also focus on your strengths while we work towards desirable change.
Outer world issues
Furthermore, in your psychotherapy with me, I will aim to explore with you and understand your outer world issues, the life-difficulties you have faced, and currently face, in relationships with partners, family or other loved-ones, in your employment or professional setting, and/or any other region of your life-world.
Focus on experiences
My focus will always be on your unique personal experience of these difficulties—how you perceive yourself, others, and the world, and the emotions that arise from your perspective
Therapeutic change
By working together, I aim to help you become more aware of your blind spots, understand your troubling feelings, thoughts, and/or behaviors, accept what cannot be changed, and change what can be changed. This process allows you to break the cycle of hopelessness. Therapeutic work can help you to find new ways to relate with yourself and others around you; to distinguish if what you do is meaningful to you or if you merely follow the expectations of others; to explore and expand new possibilities for personal change, and to build more fulfilling personal relationships.