Focusing on You

Drawing upon evidence-based approaches like Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), CBT, ACT, Narrative and psychodynamic therapy, I help you navigate the healing process:

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The Process:

  1. Safety and Stabilization: This stage focuses on establishing a safe and supportive environment for the you, as well as a trusting relationship with each other. It involves telling your story, developing coping mechanisms, managing distressing emotions, and addressing any immediate safety concerns.

  2. Remembrance and Processing: In this stage, we make connections between your past and the problems you’re experiencing today. As we process your memories and experiences, we find out how the solutions you came up with to deal with those difficult situations have affected your present relationships.

  3. Reconnection and Integration: The final stage focuses on integrating the past experiences back into the your life narrative and “make sense” or “write a new story” of who you are. This acceptance and re-storying enables you to reconnect with yourself and others. You develop a new sense of self, rebuild relationships, and finding meaning and purpose in life.

These stages are not always linear, and you may move back and forth between them as they progress through their healing journey.

Broken, not shattered. Healed, not whole.

Areas of interest:

  • Anxiety

  • Family Conflict / Intergenerational Trauma

  • Grief

  • Internet, Gaming & Social Media Dependence

  • Life Transitions

  • Men’s Issues

  • Midlife Crisis

  • Multicultural Concerns

  • Parenting

  • Racial/Cultural Identity

  • Relationship & Interpersonal Issues

  • Religious Trauma

  • Self Esteem

  • Sleep Issues or Insomnia

  • Spirituality

  • Trauma