I’ve completed advanced training and continue to deepen my expertise in the following therapeutic approaches. People come to me with experiences such as:
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Trauma-Related Disorders
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Eating Disorders
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Anger
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Depression
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Social Anxiety
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Addictions
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Bipolar Disorder I/II
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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Grief/Adjustment
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Generalised Anxiety
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Phobias
Approach
Internal Family Systems Therapy
The Internal Family Systems (IFS) approach works to develop further insight into our emotional triggers, states, urges, patterns of thought and patterns of behaviour. This approach views our personality as being composed of many 'sub-personalities' or parts, each with their own hopes, fears, and roles, while also unified by the collective goal of trying to help us survive. Through it, we build not only greater self-understanding, but also greater empathy for all parts of ourselves, self-compassion, and ultimately achieve our desired shifts in the patterns of emotion, thought and behaviour that are no longer serving us well. IFS Therapy tends to be an especially good fit for those of us who have an imaginative or creative streak, or for those of us who have been seeking a form of "inner child work".
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) was originally developed for the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder and has since been used for a wide range of mental health challenges. DBT works towards the development of emotion regulation skills, traditionally including four main themes: Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, Interpersonal Effectiveness, and Distress Tolerance.
Psychodynamic Therapy
Our life experiences have shaped our beliefs in regards to matters such as: who we are in the world, how others will ‘typically’ treat us, whether the world is a safe place, whether we are lovable, and whether we are capable of the success/achievement we may desire. Psychodynamic Therapy focuses on alleviating our current struggles by identifying their roots in our past experiences. We then work through these experiences with balanced doses of compassion, curiosity, and reason.