Therapeutic Approaches
I embody an integrative approach to counseling because counseling is not a one-size-fits-all. I lean towards a collaborative approach while attuning to your unique experiences, cultural background, and presence in the space to foster growth in a way that feels most organic to you. Your complexity is encouraged and honored here. The intention is for us to meet each other with authenticity to create safety, through relationship, for what’s been hidden to gently emerge.-
Relational-Cultural Therapy recognizes the importance of connection and culture, particularly the harmful effects of power imbalances on the human psyche. The therapeutic relationship is built upon safety, authenticity, and empathy to foster human connection and growth.
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Narrative Therapy is an approach that centers you as the expert in your life. As your counselor, I bring curiosity and understanding into the space to help you tell your story, explore your inner wisdom, and reconnect to your strengths.
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Relational-Life Therapy is a direct, active approach to couples counseling designed to break destructive patterns and foster lasting intimacy.
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps you embrace your thoughts and feelings rather than avoid them. Emphasis is placed on aligning actions to values and refers to living with integrity.
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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy is a framework that helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and learned patterns of behavior to relieve symptoms, gain problem-solving skills, and develop a greater sense of confidence in your abilities.
Generational healing starts with you.
It may not have started with you, but it can change with you.
Generational healing is the active process of breaking cycles of inherited trauma, dysfunctional behaviors, and limiting beliefs passed down through families. Sometimes we are carrying more than the weight of our own experiences. We are also carrying the weight of our ancestors’ grief, pain, and ways of survival, but this means we also carry their resilience, wisdom, and fortitude. In this space, we honor your roots and are reminded that healing has always been relational.Artwork by Elleona Kristine. Click here to read more about the meaning behind her art.Counseling Reimagined:
A Culturally Sensitive Approach
You deserve mental health care that is tailored to your cultural background and considers all parts of your identity. Healing looks different for everyone, but I hold the belief that it should consider the whole person and the impacts of racial injustice and systemic oppression on our minds, bodies, spirits, emotions, and social environments.You deserve counseling that acknowledges and considers the impact of inequity on your well-being, particularly if you hold a marginalized identity.With the understanding that everything is interconnected, we don’t just treat the problem, we change the system.Healing is a radical act of resistance. It is an ongoing process of discovery and discarding, re-discovering, and letting go again. Healing happens when we shine a light on our shadows. The purpose is not light over dark, but light with dark. It is not a destination, but rather a willingness to meet your whole self with honesty and acceptance. In doing so, you show up more intentionally and authentically in the spaces you fill. This disrupts the societal systems that are upheld through collective suffering and despair. Healing is met with freedom; freedom from limiting beliefs, fear, shame, doubt, and anxiety; freedom to show up as you are; freedom to change—not just yourself, but the world around you.Artwork: Healing Together by Simone Mcleod