My Therapeutic Approach
There isn't one therapy that fits everyone.
People are different. Your history, relationships, culture, personality, strengths, and circumstances all shape the way you experience the world.
That's why I use an integrative approach rather than applying one therapeutic model to every client.
Trauma-informed
Safety comes first.
A trauma-informed approach recognizes how past experiences can influence the present and respects your pace and boundaries throughout therapy.
Narrative-informed
We all carry stories about who we are. Some stories can become so familiar that they begin to feel like facts.
Narrative-informed therapy creates space to explore the stories you carry, understand how they developed, identify strengths that may have been overlooked, and consider new possibilities.
Practical and structured
Therapy doesn't have to remain only at the level of talking about problems.
When appropriate, we begin with practical tools that can help with anxiety, panic, hypervigilance, emotional regulation, and other immediate concerns. As stability develops, we can explore deeper patterns and triggers.
Collaborative
You are the expert on your own life.
My role is not to tell you who you are or what you should do. My role is to help you explore, understand, and make choices with greater awareness.
Integrative
Depending on your needs, I draw from approaches including:
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Attachment-based approaches
- Emotionally Focused Therapy
- Existential and humanistic approaches
- Person-centred therapy
- Interpersonal approaches
- Gottman Method
- Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT)
- Trauma-focused approaches
The approach is selected based on what is useful for you, rather than asking you to fit into a particular therapy model.
Warm. Structured. At your pace.
I believe therapy can hold both compassion and meaningful change.
You don't have to choose between being understood and having practical support. We can make space for both.
Take the first step at your own pace.
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