My role as a therapist is to help deepen your insight into your many thoughts, feelings and experiences. Together we will focus on refining your strengths and tackling growth areas that will allow for you to be the best kind of leader, friend, parent, or romantic partner. Meeting online for counseling allows a unique opportunity to see each other at a time that is convenient for us both.
Counseling
We take on many roles throughout life's journey that can be both exciting and anxiety provoking, from co-worker to romantic partner. Think about the elation experienced on your first date or the sense of importance that came with your first leadership position. Whether it is a new or a very familiar role, each provides us with unique experiences that are ripe for reflection. All you need to start today is a good internet connection, webcam and a quiet, reflective space.
In individual counseling, we will spend 50 minutes together creating a reflective space that will allow you to grow in each of these areas.
I am available for supervision of mental health professionals working towards licensure at the doctoral or masters level in the state of Florida. We will meet once per week to discuss your ongoing cases, client documentation, and to discuss your experiences as an early career mental health professional. My background is in interpersonal and psychodynamic therapy.
Supervision
As a supervisor, I believe in the collaborative approach that focuses on individual supervisee needs and growth areas. I strive for my supervisees to develop into scientifically informed clinicians who use theory and research to guide their conceptualizations and interventions. I also highly value the focus on processing your own experiences with clients.
In mental health, our own self is our best tool. As with any other instrument, our understanding of ourselves needs to be attuned and explored in order to develop a more precise empathic response and interpretation. This process helps to insure that the skills suggested are tailored to each specific client. This also entails exploring and processing transference and countertransference reactions and utilizing them effectively.
Each of us is on a unique journey. I grew up as a sensitive child who followed the established rules and expectations. I had an ability to be attuned to others' emotions, but thought that going with the flow would bring me happiness. It did not. Only later in life I’ve learned that following the script that is assigned to us is not the same thing as living an authentic life.
My life has transformed through the relationships that allowed me to examine my own self and the assumptions I was making about myself and others.
I’ve learned that difficult and confusing experiences can be understood through talking and used to transform myself. It is this same type of relationship that I offer my clients; a relationship that will give you a chance to transform your journey.
Expert in group psychology, focusing on the quality of relationships and its impact on mood and happiness
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