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
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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 experiences, including distress around misogyny/sexism, gender roles, sexual harassment, double-bind (career/motherhood), glass ceiling, feminism
Immigrant, Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI), and BIPOC experiences, including diaspora, intergenerational trauma and conflict, value discrepancy with older/1st generation family members, connecting to heritage, acculturation, multi-cultural/heritage experience, internalized racism, fetishization, objectification
LGBTQ+ experiences, including identity exploration and formation, self-acceptance, internalized homo/transphobia, navigating coming out process, dating/sex/relationships
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Difficulty with emotional intimacy and trusting others, attachment issues.
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SCREEN FOR RELATIONSHIP ISSUESI DO NOT work with individuals or couples in an active DV/IPV situation. Please see here for more specialized support.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma/stress related disorders, including: inter-generational/family of origin physical, emotiona, psychological, sexual abuse; growing up with mentally unstable parents/family members; Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents (ACEIP); sexual assault; military based sexual and/or combat trauma; being bullied/humiliated
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
Ego State Therapy (ongoing)
ASCH-approved clinical hypnosis Level 1 trained through OSCH
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 18 and under
Families
Court-ordered treatment of any sort
Needing sex offender treatment/sexual evaluation
Active eating disorder and not in specialized care
Active substance use disorder and not in specialized care
Active domestic violence/interpersonal violence
Only Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Only Substance Use Disorder
Only Personality Disorder
Only Autism Spectrum Disorder
Only Eating Disorder