Therapeutic Philosophy

The choice of therapist is an important one and it is often helpful to have some insight into how the therapist you’re considering views therapy. My background involves training in a variety of approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and mindfulness-based therapy.

At the core, I believe therapy to be a journey to becoming more fully yourself. Life is a story you write, with your past providing the context for your current circumstance and your present providing the creative framework for the next chapters. Using tools from a variety of therapy approaches, like identifying automatic negative thoughts, emotion surfing, deep breathing, and guided imagery, you can review the narrative of your life that you’ve written, finding patterns and symbolic representations to resolve the key conflicts you’ve faced so far and identifying ways to write the next chapters in line with your most important values.

As a person of faith (Roman Catholic) myself, I know religious belief can be both an essential theme and tool at times and a source of deep hurt and conflict at others. I have expertise in integrating faith to the degree to which it is important to you. Therapy is first and foremost your journey—you are in the driver’s seat this whole time and we are collaborators.