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In research and in practice, I have learned that exploring and processing difficulties from the past, specifically childhood - whether direct or ambient - can significantly reduce symptoms of stress, anxiety, depression, relationship conflicts, and burnout.  

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I use evidence-based, therapeutic traditions such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), ​Person-Centered Therapy, and Bibliotherapy with a focus on Emotional Intelligence, Self-Compassion, and Inner Child Work.

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The integration of these approaches helps with increasing self-awareness to connect your past with your present and increasing self-compassion to validate and normalize your experiences.

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Who can benefit? Clients who dealt with the following or similar experiences in childhood:

• Feeling unimportant, unheard, alone, disconnected, unseen, or pressured to achieve/be perfect

• Placed in a parent role - taking care of the parents/caregivers, other adults, or siblings physically or emotionally

• Caregivers avoiding problems and sweeping things under the rug

• Direct physical, verbal, and emotional abuse and/or witnessing a family member being abused

• Parents who dealt with infidelity and/or are separated and divorced

• Caregivers who were physically present but not emotionally present due to other concerns like depression, anxiety, or overworking

• Caregivers or family members with substance abuse issues, like alcoholism

• Caregivers or family members who argued

• Having an absent parent due to death, abandonment, or imprisonment 

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