Everyone Has A Story
Everyone has a story. In both good and harmful ways, the experiences in your story have affected and shaped you – have made you who you are. If you are seeking therapy, you may currently be experiencing the events in your story as painful. I would like to give attention to your story as you tell it in the context of safety, acceptance, and respect. As a counselor, I will help you make meaning of your unique narrative and turn the page to author new chapters with hope.
Whether you are seeking change within a relationship, your circumstances or yourself, therapy is a healing path that can offer new opportunities for deep transformation. I believe there is beauty and redemption in every story and I am committed to helping you find the beauty in yours.
Your story needs to be told and I want to listen.
Tell Your Story
I offer a relationship of deep listening which will make space for you to integrate your past with your present. Honoring the complexity and discovering the meaning of your unique story, we will work together toward richer self-awareness, personality integration, self-acceptance, and a reduction of shame.
Understand Your Story
Together we will detect the destructive messages and defenses that bind you to repeat the past rather than learn from it. As a deepened sense of security emerges, one may give up protective attitudes and reactions that sabotage the goals one wishes to achieve. We will explore your dreams and longings and highlight your strengths to give you a greater understanding of your true self.
Redeem Your Story
Clients typically seek therapy to reduce relational distress or for relief from harmful symptoms. This therapy approach seeks symptom relief through discovering the deeper meanings and motivations for behavior and offering corrective experiences in the context of trust. Together we will explore the patterns that emerge in your relational style and address early influences in your emotional experiences that drive behavior, leading to long-term change. Taking responsibility for your feelings and behaviors, learning new skills, and developing greater authenticity will diminish harmful symptoms and sponsor a sense of being in control of one's life. I believe your brokenness can grow into beauty and your tragedy can become your triumph.