EXPERTISE
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Procrastination, time management, organization, inattention, building executive functioning skills
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Anxiety and difficulty controlling worrying, including social anxiety and phobias
SCREEN FOR ANXIETY -
Body-focused repetitive behaviors, such as hair-pulling (Trichotillomania) and skin-picking (Excoriation Disorder).
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Symptoms including fear of abandonment, chronic suicidality, feelings of emptiness, dissociation, impulse control, self-harm, emotional dysregulation, relationship conflict/volatility
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Women's issues, including distress around misogyny/sexism, gender roles, sexual harassment, double-bind (career/motherhood)
Immigrant, Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI), and BIPOC experiences, including diaspora, acculturation, multi-cultural backgrounds, family conflict, racism
LGBTQ+ experiences, including queer relationships, identity formation, self-acceptance, internalized homo/transphobia
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Difficulty with emotional intimacy and trusting others, attachment issues
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma/stress related disorders, including inter-generational/family of origin trauma, growing up with mentally unstable parents/family members, emotional/physical/sexual abuse, sexual assault, military sexual trauma, combat trauma, and other traumatic/stressful events
Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), derealization, depersonalization
Training
Certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) by EMDRIA
Advanced EMDR training in Ego State Therapy, Flash Technique, structural dissociation, future template, Attachment-Focused EMDR, EMDR intensives, Advanced Training for Trauma Treatment of Complex PTSD
Treatment of Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents (ACEIP) with Lindsay Gibson
Comprehensive Behavioral (ComB) Treatment for skin-picking and hair-pulling
Certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
Clients I do not generally work with:
Children 13 and under
Families
Court-ordered treatment
Needing sex offender treatment/sexual evaluation
Active eating disorder and not in specialized care
Active substance use disorder and not in specialized care
Only Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Only Substance Use Disorder
Only Personality Disorder
Only Autism Spectrum Disorder