In Therapy I utilize Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Strength-based Techniques to maximize the benefits.

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a therapeutic modality aimed at assisting clients in recognizing and uncovering their own values, beliefs and goals. As your therapist I will ask specific, guided, intentional questions to assist you in uncovering your own values, beliefs and goals and begin to create space between what others want for you and your family and what you yourself actually want for yourself and your family. I believe this technique is critical in helping clients strengthen self esteem, feel more confident about decision making and gain a greater sense of self compassion. Clients are often deeply changed when they begin to recognize unhealthy thought patterns and examine the extent external pressures (including family, social media, society) has impacted their decisions and goals. Motivational interviewing is key to allowing clients to identify their own goals and increase confidence, self compassion and clarity.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapeutic modality with specific interventions including identifying cognitive distortions and use specific techniques including thought logs, journaling and creating daily schedules to reduce symptoms including depression and anxiety. I find that CBT is helpful for assisting clients in creating healthy boundaries, identifying coping skills, and gaining insight into triggers. However I believe that CBT often does not examine root causes of why these thoughts and feelings exist, which is why I utilize additional treatment methods including Motivational Interviewing and Strength Based Therapy to allow clients to dig deeper into the origin of their belief system. This allows them to benefit from greater understanding and insight of their own thoughts and feelings as well as build useful, practical, and powerful coping skills to manage them.

Strength Based Therapy is a therapeutic modality based in positive psychology that allows clients to identify existing positive coping skills and traits they already have and encourages them to identify how to use these skills in multiple areas of their lives. Strength based therapy empowers clients and increases self esteem, self worth and confidence. This is especially helpful to clients who are new to mothering and often feel inadequate and unprepared. I used strength based therapy techniques to assist clients in identifying positive coping skills they are already using and can leverage into their new roles as mothers.