Individual therapy

Individual therapy is for anyone seeking to improve self-awareness, connection to self and others, increase pleasure in daily life, and cultivate a deep understanding of themselves. Individual therapy can provide a welcoming space to examine, process, and heal in the context of a therapeutic relationship.

Common areas of focus:

  • Building healthy attachments/relationships

  • Navigating grief after loss (e.g. death, divorce, other major life transitions)

  • Managing anxiety, stress, and other symptoms

  • Building mindfulness skills

  • Building self -acceptance, -compassion, -esteem

  • Developing boundaries

  • Processing trauma

  • Developing social and communication skills

EMDR in Individual therapy

I offer EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) in an individual therapy context. EMDR is a highly structured therapeutic modality. EMDR uses a protocol to reduce distress and strengthen adaptive beliefs, often related to distressing or traumatic events that have occurred in a client’s life. Specifically, EMDR uses bilateral stimulation to activate the problem-solving centers in the brain (that occur during REM sleep when eyes dart back and forth). By focusing on a specific problem and it’s negative and positive emotions, sensations, and beliefs, then using bilateral stimulation, your brain can process more effectively.

Common areas of focus using EMDR:

  • Recurring negative beliefs about self, others, or the world

  • Recurring distressing memories related to various life events

  • Attachment disruptions that have occurred without repair

  • Symptoms related to trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or complex trauma (CPTSD), including:

    • Recurrent, unwanted distressing memories

    • Reliving traumatic events as if they were happening again (flashbacks)

    • Upsetting dreams or nightmares

    • Trying to avoid thinking, talking about, or visiting places, activities, or people that remind you of the traumatic event

    • Hopelessness about the future

    • Memory challenges

    • Difficulty maintaining close relationships

    • Being easily startled or frightened or always being on guard (hypervigilence)

    • Trouble sleeping or trouble concentrating

    • Irritability, angry outbursts or self-destructive behavior

    • Overwhelming guilt or shame

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Note: Currently I am only seeing individuals 18 and over.