services
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
WHAT SESSIONS LOOK LIKE
During our initial sessions, we will work to identify what issues will be important to address during our work together. I view psychotherapy as a collaborative journey in which we will work side by side in an open and honest environment. My goal is to nurture and encourage flexibility as new themes emerge and redirect our focus if is appropriate and necessary.
In our sessions, I take on a holistic approach where I focus on many aspects of your experiences such as your thoughts, emotions, beliefs, memories, childhood experiences, your family make up, underlying bodily experiences, relationship patterns, life goals and aspirations. In our work together, we will also examine the role of the broader system (e.g. family, friends, work/school environment), in particular how it informs who you are.
COUPLES AND FAMILY PSYCHOTHERAPY
Couples seek therapy for a variety reasons and at different stages in their relationships My goal is to increase compassion and understanding, of one self and one another. I aim to foster an open, respectful, and honest dialogue in order to increase awareness and expressions of emotions, values, beliefs, and needs.
Whether you are interested in addressed past or more recent issues, therapy is an opportunity to deepen your love and commitment to each other. During our initial sessions I will focus on understanding what has motivated you to seek therapy and what you feel are the issues that you would like address in our work together. I will also use this time to get know you individually and as a couple.
I will also spend time getting to know your relationship history, how you met, how your relationship has developed, and what challenges you have and continue to face. We will also devote our time discussing your hopes and goals for therapy.
Couples often find themselves stuck in negative patterns of interaction. Couples therapy can be be useful in identifying, clarifying, and shifting those patterns. Through this process underlying themes often emerge and as such a deepened understanding and connection between couples. Couples therapy is also a space in which to experiment with new relationship and communication skills. It is my hope that …..
GROUP THERAPY
PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS
I provide psychological evaluations for immigration cases often used in: asylum, extreme hardship, spousal abuse, removal of conditions.
I conduct evaluations in my office, at the Northwest Detention Center, or other local organizations/agency if space permits.
FAMILY THERAPY
Families come in many shapes and sizes as does family therapy. In my work with families I draw from the Family Systems Therapy theory. Family systems views the family as a unit and explores how an individual’s behavior is informed by and is inseparable from the functioning of his and her family origin. As such, in therapy we will explore the structure and behavior of the broader relationship system that informs who you are as in individual. Therapy may include all family members or just those who are able to participate.
Families can often find themselves in stuck in patterns of negative interactions. Family therapy can be useful in identifying and clarifying these patterns. It can also facilitate a shift to healthier and constructive patterns of interacting. As families explore how they interact with one another and what factors maintain the negative patterns, underlying themes are likely to emerge. Recognizing and understanding these themes can deepen family connections. My hope is to help families improve communication and resolve conflicts through new relationship and communication skills.
