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Psychotherapy is the use of psychological methods to help a person change behavior and overcome problems in a positive manner. Its aim is to help people understand the thoughts behind feeling anxious or depressed and addressing these thinking patterns. Psychotherapy will help you change behaviors and habits that are limiting you, to experiencing your fullest potential.

I'm a registered psychologist offering support for clients experiencing many issues including relationship and/or workplace issues, stress, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and PTSD. I attempt to offer a safe and supportive environment to explore symptoms you're experiencing. I look forward to connecting with you to support you in your healing process.

Therapy using a variety of methods can help you experience relief from distressing symptoms and resolve, or learn to deal with, problems of life. In an accepting relationship I facilitate healing by listening to your unique story and by sensitively helping you work through deeply personal, and often highly uncomfortable, topics. Even though the tendency is to resist anything that is painful, when you feel what you have been trying to avoid and discover insight about what has been causing your personal and/or relationship difficulties, you are better able to make the changes you want.

Psychotherapy is a living balancing process that we do together. It can be about support as you go through something difficult. It can be about helping you find - or build - more skills and resources. It can be about understanding yourself better and making changes based on this understanding. As a therapist, I combine the science of general trends and tools, with the art of fitting them to your particular situation. My approach is evidence-based, and evidence says how you make sense of your life matters a lot. Therefore, I work with you to create a plan, together, that balances options based on scientific evidence with your situation, values, and beliefs.

My approach to psychotherapy is combining mind, body, and spirit. I am a Certified Integrative Body Psychotherapy practitioner and see that the body is essential for healing from psychological pain. Many of our psychological issues stem from traumas sustained in early childhood or later in adulthood. Talking about trauma will only take us so far in our healing and to resolve our emotional patterns, we need to engage the body in the healing process. We store all of our traumas in the body and this is the place where ultimately we need to go to heal the injuries. The body knows how to heal and be well and we need to tap into its inherent wisdom.

Dr. Val has been a psychotherapist for almost twenty years. She is versatile in her approaches and acquainted with many theoretical bases, but above all she is a good listener and really cares about her clients, and they can feel that. What Dr. Val has found is that this is a two-way relationship and generally speaking, her clients can be as helpful to her as she is to them. How empowering is that for each person who walks in? Clients build their confidence with Dr. Val.

Psychotherapy allows individuals to better understand their own unique history and how that history contributes to current issues and concerns. Engaging in psychotherapy empowers individuals to gain control over distressing symptoms through increased insight into their own mental processes. Clients will better understand themselves in relation to others, and be able to live a life more congruent with their values.

My primary activity is offering psychotherapy: The specific therapeutic approach I use depends on the unique needs, problems, and personalities of each individual client. Here are some of my main therapeutic approaches: Person-Centered Therapy Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Existential Psychotherapy Motivational Interviewing Solutions-focused Brief Therapy Gottman Method for Couples Therapy

My approach to Interpersonal Psychotherapy (ITP) is a safe, respectful, natural, and dynamic interactive process. I view the client-therapist experience as an interpersonal relationship that is founded on the principles of mutual respect and genuine caring. The therapeutic focus is largely on current relationships and how those relationships are perceived in a client’s life. Additionally, I encourage the exploration of conscious and unconscious emotional issues. Most persons possess a wealth of undeveloped strengths, assets, and capacities. Most of us use only a small percentage of our physical, mental, spiritual, and relational potentialities. By accessing a range of therapeutic techniques s....

My approach to psychotherapy is to work with clients to increase their day to day presence and overall satisfaction in life. My goal is to help individuals make positive changes and move past the barriers that may be creating distress in their lives. It is practice approach to have clients understand their circumstances and find new ways of coping from within.

I strive to create a warm and compassionate environment where people feel safe to explore the issues they are struggling with. My work is informed by my belief that we are all the best experts of our own lives and that we each have the self-righting ability to heal and move towards increased wellness. I have created a unique and effective way of supporting others to overcome life's challenges by combining the latest research in brain development and attachment theory and the use of EMDR, Mindfulness based Cognitive Therapy, and Family System theory.

Life can be hard. Help is here for you. Challenges and problems are part of life. It's good to reach out for help. You are the expert in your life, in your goals, values and aspirations. I am here to provide tools, accountability, support, encouragement and help in revealing to you all your inner awesomeness. I have unwavering confidence in your capabilities and potential, even when you find it hard to see them. Together we create a place to step back and gain perspective, test ideas, create solutions and move towards a life that is fulfilling, meaningful and connected.

One of my biggest passions is engaging in psychotherapy, and I believe this is a crucial aspect of achieving self-actualization. Are you ready to explore your past- engage and process through past traumas, relational dynamics, family history and attachment theory based techniques? I create a safe and positive environment where people can discuss these issues in a helpful way.