My Style
I am a general practitioner whose personal style is warm and interactive. My clients tell me that I make them feel comfortable right away. I utilize a psychodynamic and insight-oriented approach informed by somatic, cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based stress reduction principles. Specifically, my technique is informed by:
Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Therapy: This approach stresses the importance of the unconscious and past experience in shaping current behavior. You are encouraged to talk about childhood relationships with parents and other significant people and the therapist focuses on the client/therapist relationship (the dynamics) and in particular on the transference. Transference is when the client projects onto the therapist feelings experienced in previous significant relationships. The Psychodynamic approach is derived from Psychoanalysis but usually provides a quicker solution to emotional problems.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Cognitive-behavioral therapy is an action-oriented form of psychosocial therapy that assumes that faulty thinking patterns cause problematic behavior and "negative" emotions. The treatment focuses on changing an individual's thoughts in order to change his or her behavior and emotional state
Mindfulness Practice: Mindfulness is a specific way of intentionally paying attention. One negative thought can lead to a chain reaction of negative thoughts. This approach encourages people to be aware of each thought, enabling the first negative thought to be ‘caught' so that is seen as just a ‘thought' and not a fact. This breaks the chain reaction of negative thoughts giving a mental ‘space' in which the person can re-centre themselves in the present. Mindfulness-based practices are generally integrated into other modalities.
Somatic Therapy: Somatic therapy is a form of body-centered therapy that looks at the connection of mind and body and uses physically oriented therapies for holistic healing. Somatic therapy uses mind-body exercises and other physical techniques to help release the pent-up tension that is negatively affecting your physical and emotional wellbeing.
While technique is important, it is my belief that the relationship between therapist and client is far more important than which particular theoretical model is being employed. I believe in everyone's inherent ability to change and grow; psychotherapy provides a unique opportunity to more fully realize one's potential.
Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Therapy: This approach stresses the importance of the unconscious and past experience in shaping current behavior. You are encouraged to talk about childhood relationships with parents and other significant people and the therapist focuses on the client/therapist relationship (the dynamics) and in particular on the transference. Transference is when the client projects onto the therapist feelings experienced in previous significant relationships. The Psychodynamic approach is derived from Psychoanalysis but usually provides a quicker solution to emotional problems.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Cognitive-behavioral therapy is an action-oriented form of psychosocial therapy that assumes that faulty thinking patterns cause problematic behavior and "negative" emotions. The treatment focuses on changing an individual's thoughts in order to change his or her behavior and emotional state
Mindfulness Practice: Mindfulness is a specific way of intentionally paying attention. One negative thought can lead to a chain reaction of negative thoughts. This approach encourages people to be aware of each thought, enabling the first negative thought to be ‘caught' so that is seen as just a ‘thought' and not a fact. This breaks the chain reaction of negative thoughts giving a mental ‘space' in which the person can re-centre themselves in the present. Mindfulness-based practices are generally integrated into other modalities.
Somatic Therapy: Somatic therapy is a form of body-centered therapy that looks at the connection of mind and body and uses physically oriented therapies for holistic healing. Somatic therapy uses mind-body exercises and other physical techniques to help release the pent-up tension that is negatively affecting your physical and emotional wellbeing.
While technique is important, it is my belief that the relationship between therapist and client is far more important than which particular theoretical model is being employed. I believe in everyone's inherent ability to change and grow; psychotherapy provides a unique opportunity to more fully realize one's potential.