Hi, I am Oxana
My mission is to help people, to set them free from imposed - whether it’s someone’s else values, limitations or negative narratives, that they continue to carry in life.
I love to empower people to become who they are capable of being - with their dreams, relationships or finding true value in who they are instead of pretending to be someone they are not to get this value externally.
I went to therapy for the first time in my early 20’s, as part of my training to become a therapist. It was not easy. I didn’t know what to talk about as everything seemed great. On the inside, I was conflicted, confused and lost. And it had become more and more visible.
Today I have hundreds of therapy hours as a client and still do therapy as part of my ongoing training and self-care. Therapy has helped me to navigate a lot of personal issues, address negative patterns and step into a version of myself that I never believed that I was capable of being. Today I am grateful for the opportunity to provide the same experience for my clients.
MY BACKGROUND
I was born in raised in Moscow, Russia and have that Russian character and soul. I received 2 master degrees - one in special education, another in psychology and counseling. I initially built my therapist career in Russia, I worked there for 7 years, then moved to the USA. From 2016, I have been practicing in Washington state, where I opened my private practice in 2018, and in 2020 I also got licensed in the state of Nevada.
When I am not in the session with my clients, I spend a lot of my time working on other projects I am passionate about. Several examples are, Orientation support for immigrants (read more LINK) and Coaching for Women (read more LINK). I also love spending quality time with family and friends, binging on audiobooks, learning about energy medicine, as well as attending my own personal therapy. I also take music lessons and I try to keep my perfect morning routine which includes having a green smoothie daily in place.
My mission is to help people, to set them free from imposed - whether it’s someone’s else values, limitations or negative narratives, that they continue to carry in life.
I love to empower people to become who they are capable of being - with their dreams, relationships or finding true value in who they are instead of pretending to be someone they are not to get this value externally.
I went to therapy for the first time in my early 20’s, as part of my training to become a therapist. It was not easy. I didn’t know what to talk about as everything seemed great. On the inside, I was conflicted, confused and lost. And it had become more and more visible.
Today I have hundreds of therapy hours as a client and still do therapy as part of my ongoing training and self-care. Therapy has helped me to navigate a lot of personal issues, address negative patterns and step into a version of myself that I never believed that I was capable of being. Today I am grateful for the opportunity to provide the same experience for my clients.
MY BACKGROUND
I was born in raised in Moscow, Russia and have that Russian character and soul. I received 2 master degrees - one in special education, another in psychology and counseling. I initially built my therapist career in Russia, I worked there for 7 years, then moved to the USA. From 2016, I have been practicing in Washington state, where I opened my private practice in 2018, and in 2020 I also got licensed in the state of Nevada.
When I am not in the session with my clients, I spend a lot of my time working on other projects I am passionate about. Several examples are, Orientation support for immigrants (read more LINK) and Coaching for Women (read more LINK). I also love spending quality time with family and friends, binging on audiobooks, learning about energy medicine, as well as attending my own personal therapy. I also take music lessons and I try to keep my perfect morning routine which includes having a green smoothie daily in place.
What is EMDR?
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. EMDR is a reprocessing therapy internationally recognized as an effective intervention for the treatment of past trauma.In layman terms, it is a type of therapy that will help you heal from bad experiences, whether that be recently or the distant past.
What are “bad experiences?”
Well, that can vary from discovering your purse orwallet was stolen or your vehicle vandalized to something bigger, like witnessing a fatal shooting or experiencing life threatening situation.
Here are a few pretend examples
John came to me for EMDR to address his self-doubt, poor self-esteem, and social anxiety that was bothering him due to many years of bullying he experienced in high school.
Jane contacted my office for EMDR sessions to address when she was molested as child by a member of her family. In our work together, we were also able to process her negative family experiences related to her family memberand dismissive attitude from her mother throughout her childhood.
When the past is present
You, like many people, may have had a bad experience that impacted you emotionally. You may have started to have “negative symptoms,” such as feeling distracted, poor sleep, bad memories, nightmares, feelings of guilt, or your body “jumps” when a door slams. The list goes on and on and on and is very personal.
Why would you not want to get rid of these negative symptoms? These symptoms suck and often lead to you having a hard time staying focused at work, feeling disconnected from your friends and family, and may cause problems for you at work and in other areas in your life.
Thanks to EMDR, the miserableness of these symptoms can be addressed in an eight-step process that will help you move past the bad experience while helping relieving yourself of the negative symptoms.
Move past what’s holding you back
While we work together using EMDR, I will help you to understand the connection between the bad experience and your negative symptoms.
After drawing the connection, I will guide you through the EMDR process to reprocess the bad experience in a safe manner where you can talk about it without becoming overwhelmed.
Throughout the process, I will be present, patient, and allow you to guide the pace to ensure processing is completed. In the end, we will work together to transform the meaning of these experiences so that you will feel, be, and have a different, healthier, and more adaptive perspective to move past what has been holding you back.
In our work together using EMDR, I will help you to better understand the connection between the bad experience and your negative symptoms.
After drawing the connection, I will guide you through the EMDR process to reprocess the bad experience in a safe manner where you can talk about it without becoming overwhelmed.
Throughout the process, I will be present, patient, and allow you to guide the pace to ensure processing is completed. In the end, we will work together to transform the meaning of these experiences so that you will feel, be, and have a different, healthier, and more adaptive perspective to move past what has been holding you back.
EMDR is empirically demonstrated to work
As part of my training, I had to go through EMDR on my own as a client and can confidently assure you from my own experience: this process works.
In addition to my own experience, EMDR has been evaluated in more than 20 studies that have demonstrated over and over that it is an effective treatment for depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, chronic pain, and other obstacles with which you are struggling and are affecting your mental health.
What are “bad experiences?”
Well, that can vary from discovering your purse orwallet was stolen or your vehicle vandalized to something bigger, like witnessing a fatal shooting or experiencing life threatening situation.
Here are a few pretend examples
John came to me for EMDR to address his self-doubt, poor self-esteem, and social anxiety that was bothering him due to many years of bullying he experienced in high school.
Jane contacted my office for EMDR sessions to address when she was molested as child by a member of her family. In our work together, we were also able to process her negative family experiences related to her family memberand dismissive attitude from her mother throughout her childhood.
When the past is present
You, like many people, may have had a bad experience that impacted you emotionally. You may have started to have “negative symptoms,” such as feeling distracted, poor sleep, bad memories, nightmares, feelings of guilt, or your body “jumps” when a door slams. The list goes on and on and on and is very personal.
Why would you not want to get rid of these negative symptoms? These symptoms suck and often lead to you having a hard time staying focused at work, feeling disconnected from your friends and family, and may cause problems for you at work and in other areas in your life.
Thanks to EMDR, the miserableness of these symptoms can be addressed in an eight-step process that will help you move past the bad experience while helping relieving yourself of the negative symptoms.
Move past what’s holding you back
While we work together using EMDR, I will help you to understand the connection between the bad experience and your negative symptoms.
After drawing the connection, I will guide you through the EMDR process to reprocess the bad experience in a safe manner where you can talk about it without becoming overwhelmed.
Throughout the process, I will be present, patient, and allow you to guide the pace to ensure processing is completed. In the end, we will work together to transform the meaning of these experiences so that you will feel, be, and have a different, healthier, and more adaptive perspective to move past what has been holding you back.
In our work together using EMDR, I will help you to better understand the connection between the bad experience and your negative symptoms.
After drawing the connection, I will guide you through the EMDR process to reprocess the bad experience in a safe manner where you can talk about it without becoming overwhelmed.
Throughout the process, I will be present, patient, and allow you to guide the pace to ensure processing is completed. In the end, we will work together to transform the meaning of these experiences so that you will feel, be, and have a different, healthier, and more adaptive perspective to move past what has been holding you back.
EMDR is empirically demonstrated to work
As part of my training, I had to go through EMDR on my own as a client and can confidently assure you from my own experience: this process works.
In addition to my own experience, EMDR has been evaluated in more than 20 studies that have demonstrated over and over that it is an effective treatment for depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, chronic pain, and other obstacles with which you are struggling and are affecting your mental health.
FAQ's
Currently I see people online only via a HIPAA compliant video platform Google Meet. As long as you live in Nevada or Washington states, I am able to see you.
Short answer: maybe. Long answer, below.
You would need to figure this out with your insurance and out of network benefits.
Starting June 1st 2022 I am NOT an in-network provider for any insurance panel. That means any reimbursement from your insurance happens because and after you have submitted claims.
From my side, I require payment for all sessions up front and I provide the client a monthly statement at the end of each month. It called superbill, and is a statement of all the fees paid, services provided, and other necessary information to be submitted to your insurance, if you so desire. Please remember that if you choose to involve your insurance company to contribute to your therapy payment, you allow your insurance company to access your clinical records.
You would need to figure this out with your insurance and out of network benefits.
Starting June 1st 2022 I am NOT an in-network provider for any insurance panel. That means any reimbursement from your insurance happens because and after you have submitted claims.
From my side, I require payment for all sessions up front and I provide the client a monthly statement at the end of each month. It called superbill, and is a statement of all the fees paid, services provided, and other necessary information to be submitted to your insurance, if you so desire. Please remember that if you choose to involve your insurance company to contribute to your therapy payment, you allow your insurance company to access your clinical records.
I offer free consultation before scheduling our first appointment for both of us to get a feel for each other and evaluate whether or not we are a good fit. You can schedule your initial consultation here . I have Thursdays available for initial meetings from 7 am to 10 am.
This question cannot be answered concretely and honestly at the same time. Often the questions that we ask ourselves at the beginning of therapy are replaced by new ones as we move deeper into ourselves. In my opinion, therapy is one of the most important investments we can make in ourselves and the quality of our own life. Therefore, when we deal with such categories, promises and any specific numbers do not look appropriate.
If we talk about noticeable shifts in self-awareness, I think it is worth considering a period of at least 6 months. And then the timing depends on your own ambitions in knowing yourself and your thirst for transformation.
On the contrary, I am against any coercion, including the fact that a person now cannot or is not ready to do it for some reason. Therefore, only you can determine the timing.
Perhaps more specifically, somewhere between six months, two years, or for the rest of your life (or until you get an awesome job offer in Seattle and decide to move). There really isn't a simple answer to this question because, after all, therapy is a gift you give yourself that can benefit you tenfold and often does.
Therapy is a strange kind of relationship where we travel together to find out who you are and why you are the way you are. It's hard to put a time stamp on it.
Conversely, I am never in favor of forcing anyone to do work that they really cannot or does not want to do. Ultimately, the duration of therapy comes down to your persistence in knowing yourself in relation to me.
If we talk about noticeable shifts in self-awareness, I think it is worth considering a period of at least 6 months. And then the timing depends on your own ambitions in knowing yourself and your thirst for transformation.
On the contrary, I am against any coercion, including the fact that a person now cannot or is not ready to do it for some reason. Therefore, only you can determine the timing.
Perhaps more specifically, somewhere between six months, two years, or for the rest of your life (or until you get an awesome job offer in Seattle and decide to move). There really isn't a simple answer to this question because, after all, therapy is a gift you give yourself that can benefit you tenfold and often does.
Therapy is a strange kind of relationship where we travel together to find out who you are and why you are the way you are. It's hard to put a time stamp on it.
Conversely, I am never in favor of forcing anyone to do work that they really cannot or does not want to do. Ultimately, the duration of therapy comes down to your persistence in knowing yourself in relation to me.
It is more than just a fee. It is worth the willingness to go into depth of discomfort when it is much easier to keep being on the surface. It may be worth your believes and illusions about yourself and others. Allowing yourself to be seen by someone who you are is worth a lot of inner courage.
In practice, this also will take time and money.
I only take people who are willing to come at least once a week. If you want to meet less often, I am not the right fit for you.
My current rate is:
$230.00 for the initial individual session (50 minutes)
$200.00 for all ongoing individual sessions (50 minutes each)
I accept Cash, PayPal and Debit Cards, Zelle.
In practice, this also will take time and money.
I only take people who are willing to come at least once a week. If you want to meet less often, I am not the right fit for you.
My current rate is:
$230.00 for the initial individual session (50 minutes)
$200.00 for all ongoing individual sessions (50 minutes each)
I accept Cash, PayPal and Debit Cards, Zelle.
Individual therapy sessions are 50 minutes
Couple therapy sessions are 50 minutes
EAP, both individual and couple sessions, are 50 minutes
I also offer 90-120-minute EMDR sessions for clients who want to process a specific negative experience in one go.
Couple therapy sessions are 50 minutes
EAP, both individual and couple sessions, are 50 minutes
I also offer 90-120-minute EMDR sessions for clients who want to process a specific negative experience in one go.
My regular hours are:
I hold time on Thursdays from 7 am to 10 am for initial meetings with future potential clients.
- Mondays 7 am to 7 pm;
- Tuesdays 7 am to 7 pm;
- Wednesdays 7 am to 7 pm.
I hold time on Thursdays from 7 am to 10 am for initial meetings with future potential clients.
I have a no-cancellation policy effective June 1st 2022. For individual, EAP and couple sessions, please attempt to contact me to make an appointment within the week before, during, or the week after the date of your cancellation. I will make every effort to find a time for you to reschedule and I keep my Thursdays free for that purpose.
My existing clientele range in age from 35 to 45. I don’t work with teens and kids at this moment.
In order to create sustainable change, I sometimes suggest my clients do“homework” that supports what we are doing in sessions.
But have no worries – these homework assignments are not that school type ones. I recommend my clients listen to podcasts related to mental health in general or the issue we are working on at the moment, I also suggest that they read books or tune into relevant TED Talks. That way the one hour we spend in a therapy session has more long playing effect. This allows my clients to take more actions between our meeting to create real actual change.
But have no worries – these homework assignments are not that school type ones. I recommend my clients listen to podcasts related to mental health in general or the issue we are working on at the moment, I also suggest that they read books or tune into relevant TED Talks. That way the one hour we spend in a therapy session has more long playing effect. This allows my clients to take more actions between our meeting to create real actual change.
Inner Child Work
We will be getting in touch with the narratives, emotions, and conclusions you have made during difficult experiences as a child.Things such as: witnessing your parents fights, not feeling safe at home, being bullied at school, being neglected at home, etc. and we will find therapeutic ways to provide that inner child whatever it needed, whether it be nurture, protection, acceptance, etc. Unless we find healthy ways to meet these needs in adulthood, which were unmet in our childhood, we will continue to look for them in wrong places. Places such as our partners, friends, workaholism, addictions. Our external need of approval often comes with people pleasing behavior.
Experiential approach
With the activities and exercises I will provide to you, we will be able to spot certain patterns in relationships, which you likely re-enacting in your current life with other people. For example, if you used to “deserve” being accepted by your parents, most likely you will bring this pattern to your other relationships, which can be not that obvious when we are playing by adult rules.
I will help you to not just become aware of those, but also find healthy alternatives. I will show you how to deal with hard emotions during transition from one way of dealing to another. We will also practice those patterns you decide to use instead, through narrative writing, role-play and being in touch with how they make you feel.
EMDR
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. EMDR is a reprocessing therapy internationally recognized as an effective intervention for the treatment of past trauma. In layman terms, it is a type of therapy that will help you heal from bad experiences, whether that be recently or the distantpast. While we work together using EMDR, I will help you to understand the connection between the bad experience and your negative symptoms.
After drawing the connection, I will guide you through the EMDR process to reprocess the bad experience in a safe manner where you can talk about it without becoming overwhelmed. Throughout the process, I will be present, patient, and allow you to guide the pace to ensure processing is completed. In the end, we will work together to transform the meaning of these experiences so that you will feel, be, and have a different, healthier, and more adaptive perspective to move past what has been holding you back.
Analytical Psychology
I am big fan of Yungian approach in therapy and Dr. Clarissa Estes, my teacher, is one of the most amazing of his followers alive today. If you are a woman, you probably don’t want to miss her bestselling book “Woman that runs with wolves”. Many women who read it call it “Psychological Bible”. From this approach, you will hear from me a lot of metaphors, we will address such things as feminine and masculine energy, shadow, persona etc. aspects of personality, that manifest in you and influence your relationships with self and others. I will help you to look at your behavior patterns from a deep lens and see some underlining impulses and messages coming through them. And by embracing them, to choose different patterns if you should desire to do so.
Systemic lens
I use this one to understand some of my client’s patterns and issues, not just in context of individual challenge, but also as a symptom of what they been through and still carry with them from their family system. One of the ways I like to get to know my new clients, is by doing their family diagram.This helps me discover which processes and family dynamics influenced them while they were growing up and possibly, somehow, is still reflected in their current lives.
We will be getting in touch with the narratives, emotions, and conclusions you have made during difficult experiences as a child.Things such as: witnessing your parents fights, not feeling safe at home, being bullied at school, being neglected at home, etc. and we will find therapeutic ways to provide that inner child whatever it needed, whether it be nurture, protection, acceptance, etc. Unless we find healthy ways to meet these needs in adulthood, which were unmet in our childhood, we will continue to look for them in wrong places. Places such as our partners, friends, workaholism, addictions. Our external need of approval often comes with people pleasing behavior.
Experiential approach
With the activities and exercises I will provide to you, we will be able to spot certain patterns in relationships, which you likely re-enacting in your current life with other people. For example, if you used to “deserve” being accepted by your parents, most likely you will bring this pattern to your other relationships, which can be not that obvious when we are playing by adult rules.
I will help you to not just become aware of those, but also find healthy alternatives. I will show you how to deal with hard emotions during transition from one way of dealing to another. We will also practice those patterns you decide to use instead, through narrative writing, role-play and being in touch with how they make you feel.
EMDR
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. EMDR is a reprocessing therapy internationally recognized as an effective intervention for the treatment of past trauma. In layman terms, it is a type of therapy that will help you heal from bad experiences, whether that be recently or the distantpast. While we work together using EMDR, I will help you to understand the connection between the bad experience and your negative symptoms.
After drawing the connection, I will guide you through the EMDR process to reprocess the bad experience in a safe manner where you can talk about it without becoming overwhelmed. Throughout the process, I will be present, patient, and allow you to guide the pace to ensure processing is completed. In the end, we will work together to transform the meaning of these experiences so that you will feel, be, and have a different, healthier, and more adaptive perspective to move past what has been holding you back.
Analytical Psychology
I am big fan of Yungian approach in therapy and Dr. Clarissa Estes, my teacher, is one of the most amazing of his followers alive today. If you are a woman, you probably don’t want to miss her bestselling book “Woman that runs with wolves”. Many women who read it call it “Psychological Bible”. From this approach, you will hear from me a lot of metaphors, we will address such things as feminine and masculine energy, shadow, persona etc. aspects of personality, that manifest in you and influence your relationships with self and others. I will help you to look at your behavior patterns from a deep lens and see some underlining impulses and messages coming through them. And by embracing them, to choose different patterns if you should desire to do so.
Systemic lens
I use this one to understand some of my client’s patterns and issues, not just in context of individual challenge, but also as a symptom of what they been through and still carry with them from their family system. One of the ways I like to get to know my new clients, is by doing their family diagram.This helps me discover which processes and family dynamics influenced them while they were growing up and possibly, somehow, is still reflected in their current lives.
More FAQ's
Individual therapy sessions are 50 minutes
Couple therapy sessions are 50 minutes
EAP, both individual and couple sessions, are 50 minutes
I also offer 90-120-minute EMDR sessions for clients who want to process a specific negative experience in one go.
Couple therapy sessions are 50 minutes
EAP, both individual and couple sessions, are 50 minutes
I also offer 90-120-minute EMDR sessions for clients who want to process a specific negative experience in one go.
My regular hours are:
Mondays 7 am to 2 pm;
Tuesday to Thursday - from 7am to 6 pm;
I offer make up sessions on Fridays for clients who needs to reschedule and email at least 48 hours in advance reschedule an appointment.
Mondays 7 am to 2 pm;
Tuesday to Thursday - from 7am to 6 pm;
I offer make up sessions on Fridays for clients who needs to reschedule and email at least 48 hours in advance reschedule an appointment.
I have a no-cancellation policy effective November 1st 2021. For individual, EAP and couple sessions, please attempt to contact me to make an appointment within the week before, during, or the week after the date of your cancellation. I will make every effort to find a time for you to reschedule and I keep my Fridays free for that purpose.
My existing clientele range in age from 28-45. I don’t work with teens and kids at this moment.
In order to create sustainable change, I sometimes suggest my clients do“homework” that supports what we are doing in sessions.
But have no worries – these homework assignments are not that school type ones. I recommend my clients listen to podcasts related to mental health in general or the issue we are working on at the moment, I also suggest that they read books or tune into relevant TED Talks. That way the one hour we spend in a therapy session has more long playing effect. This allows my clients to take more actions between our meeting to create real actual change.
But have no worries – these homework assignments are not that school type ones. I recommend my clients listen to podcasts related to mental health in general or the issue we are working on at the moment, I also suggest that they read books or tune into relevant TED Talks. That way the one hour we spend in a therapy session has more long playing effect
Inner Child Work
We will be getting in touch with the narratives, emotions, and conclusions you have made during difficult experiences as a child.Things such as: witnessing your parents fights, not feeling safe at home, being bullied at school, being neglected at home, etc. and we will find therapeutic ways to provide that inner child whatever it needed, whether it be nurture, protection, acceptance, etc. Unless we find healthy ways to meet these needs in adulthood, which were unmet in our childhood, we will continue to look for them in wrong places. Places such as our partners, friends, workaholism, addictions. Our external need of approval often comes with people pleasing behavior.
Experiential approach
With the activities and exercises I will provide to you, we will be able to spot certain patterns in relationships, which you likely re-enacting in your current life with other people. For example, if you used to “deserve” being accepted by your parents, most likely you will bring this pattern to your other relationships, which can be not that obvious when we are playing by adult rules.
I will help you to not just become aware of those, but also find healthy alternatives. I will show you how to deal with hard emotions during transition fromone way of dealing to another. We will also practice those patterns you decide to use instead, through narrative writing, role-play and being in touch with how they make you feel.
EMDR
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. EMDR is a reprocessing therapy internationally recognized as an effective intervention for the treatment of past trauma. In layman terms, it is a type of therapy that will help you heal from bad experiences, whether that be recently or the distantpast. While we work together using EMDR, I will help you to understand the connection between the bad experience and your negative symptoms.
After drawing the connection, I will guide you through the EMDR process to reprocess the bad experience in a safe manner where you can talk about it without becoming overwhelmed. Throughout the process, I will be present, patient, and allow you to guide the pace to ensure processing is completed. In the end, we will work together to transform the meaning of these experiences so that you will feel, be, and have a different, healthier, and more adaptive perspective to move past what has been holding you back.
Analytical Psychology
I am big fan of Yungian approach in therapy and Dr. Clarissa Estes, my teacher, is one of the most amazing of his followers alive today. If you are a woman, you probably don’t want to miss her bestselling book “Woman that runs with wolves”. Many women who read it call it “Psychological Bible”. From this approach, you will hear from me a lot of metaphors, we will address such things as feminine and masculine energy, shadow, persona etc. aspects of personality, that manifest in you and influence your relationships with self and others. I will help you to look at your behavior patterns from a deep lens and see some underlining impulses and messages coming through them. And by embracing them, to choose different patterns if you should desire to do so.
Systemic lens
I use this one to understand some of my client’s patterns and issues, not just in context of individual challenge, but also as a symptom of what they been through and still carry with them from their family system. One of the ways I like to get to know my new clients, is by doing their family diagram.This helps me discover which processes and family dynamics influenced them while they were growing up and possibly, somehow, is still reflected in their current lives.
We will be getting in touch with the narratives, emotions, and conclusions you have made during difficult experiences as a child.Things such as: witnessing your parents fights, not feeling safe at home, being bullied at school, being neglected at home, etc. and we will find therapeutic ways to provide that inner child whatever it needed, whether it be nurture, protection, acceptance, etc. Unless we find healthy ways to meet these needs in adulthood, which were unmet in our childhood, we will continue to look for them in wrong places. Places such as our partners, friends, workaholism, addictions. Our external need of approval often comes with people pleasing behavior.
Experiential approach
With the activities and exercises I will provide to you, we will be able to spot certain patterns in relationships, which you likely re-enacting in your current life with other people. For example, if you used to “deserve” being accepted by your parents, most likely you will bring this pattern to your other relationships, which can be not that obvious when we are playing by adult rules.
I will help you to not just become aware of those, but also find healthy alternatives. I will show you how to deal with hard emotions during transition fromone way of dealing to another. We will also practice those patterns you decide to use instead, through narrative writing, role-play and being in touch with how they make you feel.
EMDR
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. EMDR is a reprocessing therapy internationally recognized as an effective intervention for the treatment of past trauma. In layman terms, it is a type of therapy that will help you heal from bad experiences, whether that be recently or the distantpast. While we work together using EMDR, I will help you to understand the connection between the bad experience and your negative symptoms.
After drawing the connection, I will guide you through the EMDR process to reprocess the bad experience in a safe manner where you can talk about it without becoming overwhelmed. Throughout the process, I will be present, patient, and allow you to guide the pace to ensure processing is completed. In the end, we will work together to transform the meaning of these experiences so that you will feel, be, and have a different, healthier, and more adaptive perspective to move past what has been holding you back.
Analytical Psychology
I am big fan of Yungian approach in therapy and Dr. Clarissa Estes, my teacher, is one of the most amazing of his followers alive today. If you are a woman, you probably don’t want to miss her bestselling book “Woman that runs with wolves”. Many women who read it call it “Psychological Bible”. From this approach, you will hear from me a lot of metaphors, we will address such things as feminine and masculine energy, shadow, persona etc. aspects of personality, that manifest in you and influence your relationships with self and others. I will help you to look at your behavior patterns from a deep lens and see some underlining impulses and messages coming through them. And by embracing them, to choose different patterns if you should desire to do so.
Systemic lens
I use this one to understand some of my client’s patterns and issues, not just in context of individual challenge, but also as a symptom of what they been through and still carry with them from their family system. One of the ways I like to get to know my new clients, is by doing their family diagram.This helps me discover which processes and family dynamics influenced them while they were growing up and possibly, somehow, is still reflected in their current lives.