"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
-- Lao-Tzu
How can you benefit from Therapy?
Here are some possible positive outcomes:
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Balance your personal and professional life
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Increase your confidence, peace, vitality, and well-being
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Improve the quality of your relationships
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Develop new skills for handling stress and anxiety
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Improve ways to manage anger, depression or moods
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Discover new ways to solve problems
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Modify behavior and long-standing patterns that no longer serve you
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Enhance your creativity
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Navigate life’s obstacles more effectively
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Decrease feelings of isolation
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Enhance your overall quality of life
Therapy is useful when we feel stuck, when we feel we have exhausted all of our resources and no longer know how best to cope with a concern. At those times in our lives, therapy can help us revive our connection to hope while widening the field of possibilities.
We all go through difficult times in our life, it is a part of our human condition. We try to resolve our problems or concerns on our own and often, we find our way through them. There may be other times, when we feel overwhelmed or lost by the sheer magnitude of the problem or the feelings connected to it. At times like this, we may also be hesitant to confide in our friends or family. If this has been the case for you, then you may have been suffering alone and in silence. A helpful alternative may be therapy. Within the therapeutic relationship, the focus is on helping you express and work through whatever thoughts, feelings or concerns are troubling you the most. Most of all, you no longer need to figure it out on your own.
You no longer need to figure it out on your own.
That is why I am here. I would be honoured to help.
As a therapist, who has also done her own work in therapy, I know first hand the value of feeling supported and heard as I worked through my own concerns. Therapy is a wonderful opportunity to experience the support and care of another human being who is skilled in helping and listening. It is a professional relationship in which your thoughts, feelings and goals are the full focus.
In a comfortable, safe and supportive atmosphere, I offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each of my clients' therapeutic goals to help you attain the personal growth you’re striving for. Together we work on developing your strengths and achieving your goals as you move along the path towards transforming your life.
You will find in working with me, that I listen deeply and respectfully to fully understand your concerns and your strengths. Clients who have worked with me often comment that they feel I get it - I understand what they are struggling with and ultimately, they feel less alone and isolated. Clients have also reported that they have experienced profound changes through their work with me.
I provide individual, couple and family therapy.
Treatment specializations include:
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Anxiety/Depression
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Panic Attacks and Phobia
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Midlife Transitions
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Relationship Concerns
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Sexual Concerns
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Infertility
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Childhood abuse
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Intimate partner abuse
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Trauma & PTSD
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Grief and Loss
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Parenting and Family Concerns
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Spirituality
I integrate different modalities for mind, body, and spirit to help you attain the personal growth you are striving towards. Some of these mind-body-spirit modalities include: expression through art; psychodrama; Emotional Freedom Technique; Eye Movement Integration (an NLP process that lessens the intensity of traumatic memories similar to EMDR); and Energy psychology.
I have experience with and comfort in working with women from diverse backgrounds, cultures as well as women from the LGBT communities. I provide services in both English and Portuguese.
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