“We shall not cease from exploration. And at the end of all our exploring will be to arrive from where we first started and to know that place for the first time.”
– t.s. eliot
Practice and Approach
I’ve been in practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist for the past 25 years. I specialize in the treatment of addictions of all sorts, trauma and grief/loss. I practice using a variety of integrative tools such as mindfulness, EMDR, sensorimotor psychotherapy and Dynamic Emotion Focused Therapy (DEFT).
It is my belief that mental health is about living life creatively. It’s about being able to see and generate possibilities for ourselves, know who and what we can and cannot control. If not, we will feel stuck and victimized. Sometimes we need someone, outside of our friends and family, to help us see the possibilities and get unstuck. It’s my job to help you figure out what you want and what is getting in the way of you having it. As one of my wise teachers says, the therapist is just the sherpa. You, the client, are the mountain climber. The therapist cannot carry you up the mountain, that will not help you. And she cannot drag you up the mountain because that will just piss you off. It is your mountain to climb. I’m here to guide you if you want the guidance. I’ve helped a lot of people up the mountain and I have faith in the path about which you may choose to embark on with me. And it is always your choice.
Therapy is a collaboration. My clinical philosophy is one of pragmatism sprinkled with humor, based on treating each client as an individual with specific needs and empowering clients through education as well as introspection. We work together on an agreed upon goal. We help you figure out your goal by asking what is the issue inside of you that is causing you the most pain and suffering? If you don’t know, we’ll help you to figure that out, too. There are 3 access routes that we will use to help you along your path: your thinking, your feelings and your bodily sensations. If this sounds like something you are eager to attain, contact me here through this website. I look forward to talking to you.
Thank you,
eve
“Growth is painful
Change is painful.
But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.”
– Mandy Hale