09/15/2017
My approach to counseling:
Although I consider myself a collaborative therapist, I use two main theories to form my therapeutic frame. I pull strongly from both Solution Focused Therapy (SFT) and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). Additional frameworks are often brought in for reference during my work. With these theories as my frame, I am able to take a client centered approach in which I rely on the unique characteristics of the client to adapt my counseling to best fit their needs. In therapy, I am not a judge nor do I take sides. I believe that we all have the answers we need, sometimes we just need help sorting through them or identifying what some of those solutions are. I work with a humanistic and systemic approach, looking at how the problem is not only affecting the person, but their family, their work environment, habitat, etc. Vice versa, I analyze how the problem, work environment, habitat, and family are affecting the person. I take a non-judgmental, curious approach to therapy to gain insights into my clients’ values, beliefs, and goals. Counseling is a collaborative interaction with a counselor to help foster better relationships, better communication, greater understanding of self, strategies for self-care, and in making choices that are more consistent with your values and goals. Therapeutic change occurs when clients are invested in the process.
