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I work with clients…
I work with clients whose parents or caregivers were not always available for them.
I work with clients whose parents were struggling with alcoholism or untreated mental illness.
I work with clients who took the role of the caretaker or “adult” too early.
I also work with individuals who feel unassertive about their needs, they often feel that friends and family take advantage of their unassertiveness.
You might find difficult to say no or setting up boundaries in your friendship, romantic relationship, family or work.
My practice focuses on individuals who experience fears and worries in romantic relationships and friendships. The common themes of worries are:
The fear of abandonment.
The fear of judgment.
The fear of having conflict or expressing needs in the relationship.
The fear and guilt when they put their needs first.
The fear of being “discovered” and not being liked.
Tendency to perceiving themselves as “dramatic” for experiences intense feelings.
Feeling lonely inside despite of having friends and romantic partner.
I help clients to explore their worries with curiosity and compassion.
Together, we will have a deep dive into your thoughts, feelings, and body sensations. We will try to understand together what your worry is about, your worst fears, and where your worry is coming from. We will also try to notice how you scare yourself in here and now. We will unpack what is the function of your worries and how your worries were helpful in the past to power through.
I also work with individuals…
I also work with individuals whose sense of self-worth is fragile, and they feel sensitive to small deviation from perfection. A lot of times, you will rely on your surroundings to get validation that you are good enough. You might find yourself feeling worthless or inferior if the external validation is not available or limited.
My practice focuses on common insecurities such as feeling like a loser, failure, fraud, or experiencing incompetence in a relationship or work.
I work with clients who are critical of themselves.
I help clients to notice and recognize how they are being judgmental of themselves here and now.
Together, we explore how they learned to be critical of themselves and what support they were missing in their early environment.
I help clients understand and appreciate their inner critique's function.
My therapy approach helps individuals to acknowledge how the themes of failure become the focus of their attention and activate a spiral cycle.
Through therapy, clients learn how to soothe and support themselves when external support is unavailable.