About
My practice is rooted in the belief that we are all doing our best in this life; at the same time, we have experiences wherein our best efforts to reduce pain and misery--or to live the life we want--simply do not work. My approach to treating life's most difficult problems involves balancing the strong desire for change, with the acceptance that change is hard and often slow going. In my clinical work I utilize both sophisticated change strategies (cognitive behavior- and behavior therapy), along with a compassionate acceptance of reality as it is (mindfulness). Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) embraces these two approaches (change and acceptance), and seeks to highlight the dilemmas we face wherein what we want is in opposition with how we live. For example: we want to have meaningful relationships, while we struggle to trust others. A DBT approach looks to resolve these dilemmas with a dynamic understanding of problems in context and a non-judgmental perspective. I have been extensively trained in DBT, and I utilize DBT concepts, strategies, and skills to help people begin to build the life they want to live.
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| Qualifications: | University of Wisconsin - Madison |
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| Academic Suffixes: | LCSW |
| Expertise: | Addiction, Alcohol Use, Antisocial Personality, Anxiety, Behavioral Issues, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality, Cancer, Child or Adolescent, Chronic Impulsivity, Chronic Relapse, Coping Skills, Depression, Drug Abuse, Dual Diagnosis, Eating Disorders, Other, Emotional Disturbance, Narcissistic Personality, Obesity, Parenting, Peer Relationships, Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum, Relationship Issues, School Issues, Self Esteem, Self-Harming, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Addiction, Sleep or Insomnia, Stress, Substance Use, Suicidal Ideation, Transgender, Trauma and PTSD, Veterans, Video Game Addiction, Weight Loss, Women |
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