My Approach to Therapy

Gestalt Therapy focuses on helping clients increase awareness of their thoughts, emotions, behaviors, values, and patterns to support personal growth. As a Gestalt therapist, my role is to guide clients in exploring their present experiences and recognizing the choices available to them, rather than trying to change them or force them in a particular direction. 

Gestalt Therapy is particularly helpful for clients who are seeking to foster self-empowerment, self-responsibility, self-compassion, and an authentic, meaningful life. 

Read more about Gestalt Therapy here.

This means that I prioritize building a genuine, compassionate, and non-judgmental relationship with my clients. 

Read more about Person-Centered Therapy here.

This means that I prompt my clients to reflect on their values and the extent to which they are living in alignment with their values. 

ACT can be particularly helpful for clients faced with uncertainty and experiencing uncomfortable emotions, as we work on building confidence and courage in getting through moments of discomfort using personal values as an anchor and guide. 

Learn more about ACT here.

This means that I explore with my clients the ways in which their current and past circumstances have been influenced by oppression and discrimination, among other factors. 

Learn more about Feminist Therapy here.

This means that I prioritize creating a therapeutic space where my clients feel safer to be themselves, respecting my client’s autonomy and choice, maintaining transparency with my clients, and recognizing that past experiences in the mental health care system may have been harmful for many clients.

This means that I prioritize helping my clients find safer or lower risk approaches to certain behaviors that other providers might encourage abstinence from (e.g. substance use, self-harm).

Harm reduction allows me to support my client's who are not able to, willing to, or wanting to completely abstain from any given behavior. However, should a client's goal be to abstain from something, I will certainly support them in that.