I provide individual and couples therapy to a wide variety of populations using a range of different treatment approaches to assist people in reaching their desired goals. Listed below are the populations I tend to focus on and the specialties and treatment approaches I regularly incorporate into sessions.
Populations
Young adults / young profressionals (ages 18 to 24), Adults, and Parents
Specialties & expertise
Stress management, Relationships, Self-esteem, Life transitions, College student mental health, depression, and spirituality and religion
Treatment Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a psycho-social intervention that aims to improve mental health. CBT focuses on challenging and changing unhelpful cognitive distortions (e.g. thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes) and behaviors, improving emotional regulation, and the development of personal coping strategies that target solving current problems.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy
Gestalt Therapy
Gestalt therapy is an existential/experiential form of psychotherapy which emphasizes personal responsibility, and focuses upon the individual’s experience in the present moment, the therapist–client relationship, the environmental and social contexts of a person’s life, and the self-regulating adjustments people make as a result of their overall situation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt_therapy
Mindfulness Techniques
Mindfulness is the psychological process of bringing one’s attention to experiences occurring in the present moment which one can develop through the practice of meditation and through other training.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness
Supportive Therapy
In supportive therapy the therapist engages in a fully emotional, encouraging, and supportive relationship with the patient as a method of furthering healthy defense mechanisms, especially in the context of interpersonal relationships. The objective of the therapist is to reinforce the patient’s healthy and adaptive patterns of thought behaviors in order to reduce the intrapsychic conflicts that produce symptoms of mental disorders.
Joel Rosow, LMHC 