Chicago Mindful Psychotherapy and Andersonville Psychology are now
Andersonville Mindfulness & Psychology
I particularly enjoy supporting couples seeking to clarify shared goals, address previous and ongoing conflicts, and increase their sense of appreciation for one another. Typically, at the beginning of therapy we take a multi-week deep dive that allows all parties to highlight areas that are going well, come to a mutual understanding of areas that need attention and lay out a timed approach to addressing goals. Couples seeking guidance around navigating non-traditional partnerships, the management of finances, family planning, building and maintaining intimacy and improving communication, among a myriad of other topics, generally find my approach helpful. My approach includes appropriately integrating Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Pragmatic and Experiential Couples Therapy and Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy modalities.
I also support individuals managing symptoms of anxiety, depression and various life transitions. Again I employ an integrative approach to care that includes humanistic, cognitive and health psychology-focused interventions. I offer an air of genuine openness, taking a strengths-based approach to the concerns presented in session. Acknowledging one’s resources in combination with traditional approaches to symptom management helps my clients increase both self-understanding and self-efficacy; facets I believe encourage clients to live the life they want. Additionally, I provide assessment services to clients looking to explore and resolve attention-related concerns and occasionally to those endeavoring to better understand mood irregularities.
For both couples and individuals, rarely am I present to explicitly say what to do. More often, I intend to encourage exploration through challenging questions. In all therapeutic alliances, I seek to offer clients an open and safe, but appropriately challenging space that encourages self-exploration, reflection, taking responsibility, the building of resilience and coping mechanisms, as well as seeking to align actions to personal values. Emotional, physical, or financial distress, as well as feeling lack of connection with others, can interfere with one’s capacity to attain goals and find balance in life. These problems can feel overwhelming and isolating, but they do not have to be addressed alone.