PHILOSOPHY
I have a real love for the special nature of my work and I strive to maintain the most engaging, effective, and ethically sound practice. Below you’ll find the ten tenets I developed to guide my work:
1
It is impossible to selectively heal; this is what makes therapy so transformative.
2
The most important factor for successful outcomes in therapy is the relationship between therapist and client; this remains paramount throughout the work.
3
There is no line between the helper and the person being helped; there’s only connection.
4
Clients themselves are the best experts on their own lives, desires, motivations, memories, experiences, and choices. My expertise lies in the process, not the person.
5
The healthiest people are the ones who connect to support.
6
I don’t believe in professional pretense. Accordingly, I’m not concerned with sounding or acting “like a therapist;” my focus is on efficacy.
7
I believe in being supportive and accessible while taking great caution not to create an atmosphere of dependence.
8
Hearing what’s not being said is as important as hearing what is being said.
9
Pathologizing the natural human condition is not the space I work in.
10
I maintain transparency on this: There is no magic pill. There is no silver bullet.