Approach
How I work
I draw on what fits the person in front of me rather than one fixed protocol.
Relief from the problem is the beginning of the work rather than its destination. Past that, I am helping you build toward peace, joy, purpose and fulfillment, in your relationship to your life, to yourself, to other people, and to whatever you name as larger than you, if you name anything at all.
Telehealth only, by secure video or audio, for people physically located in California. Laurie, LMFT.
The approaches I use
Each has its own page, with what it looks like in a session and what it tends to help with.
How the approaches fit together
Most people I work with experience a blend. In one session we might slow a reaction down with mindfulness, meet the part of you that is driving it with Internal Family Systems, and then practice a new response. In another we might spend the whole hour processing a memory with EMDR. The method serves you, not the other way around.
My own approach, Positive Re-Narrative and Repatterning, is the thread through all of it: a stuck loop, gently released into something wider. I have been EMDR certified since 1999, I am a certified hypnotherapist, and my PhD is in expressive arts psychology.
If a particular method is what you are looking for, you are welcome to ask for it. If you are not sure, that is fine too. Part of my job is to suggest what is likely to help, explain why, and adjust as we learn what works for you.
You do not need to choose a method
Tell me what you are living with, and we will work out together what is most likely to help. A free 20-minute consult is the easiest place to start.