Mindfulness therapy focuses on learning how to be more aware of your thoughts, feelings, emotions, surroundings, and uncomfortable situations. Being mindful of these things will help reduce your judgment of yourself and how you show up as a mother. In therapy, mindfulness focuses on honoring your thoughts and emotions. It is not healthy to suppress or deny your true thoughts and feelings. This learned increased awareness will help clients avoid destructive or automatic responses ways of thinking. Mindfulness supports clients in learning to love themselves and enjoy motherhood, their children, your partners, or other interpersonal relationships.

Learning to practice self-compassion and kindness to yourself can be difficult. Many compassionate people are critical and unforgiving of themselves. When you are critical and judgmental of yourself, you’re more likely to experience anxiety, insecurities, and unhappiness in your motherhood journey, relationship with your self and your relationship with others. In therapy, you will learn skills on how to be gentle with yourself, how to forgive yourself, how to take care of yourself, and how to show up for yourself.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is best known for its efficacy in treating anxiety.  This treatment approach helps you recognize negative or unhelpful thoughts and behavior patterns. CBT aims to help you identify and explore the way your emotions and thoughts can affect your actions. CBT will help you challenge negative thoughts and emotions around motherhood, your relationships with others, and yourself. Suggested exercises will help you observe and recognize these thoughts in order to apply new skills learned during sessions.

Unfortunately, I cannot guarantee the results of therapy. Research shows therapy can support decreasing symptoms, changing behaviors, and decreasing negative thought patterns. We will set goals together, and you should see some progress over time. Therapy also requires you to “do the work” outside of sessions. Progress takes time, and I suggest investing in yourself for at least eight sessions to get a proper feel for how therapy works for you. Lastly, if you have doubts, don’t hesitate to ask me how I think your therapy is going. Remember, therapy is all about you, and I will always be open to discussing what is or isn’t working for you

Research shows that meeting virtually has the same benefits as meeting in person. Virtual therapy allows clients to meet from the comfort of their own homes or in the most convenient location. Most of the mothers I work with prefer sessions virtually because it saves them time and allows them to avoid traveling to an office.

I am not allowed to prescribe medication, nor will you be forced to be on medication. Sometimes, medication is needed in conjunction with therapy to obtain the best outcome. If we decide during our time together that medication may be beneficial while we continue our work together, a referral can be made to the appropriate professional. However, taking medication is always the client’s choice.

There isn’t a way to determine how long you will be in therapy. Some clients reach their goals in a few weeks, and some require more long-term treatment. Outcomes can depend on the client’s active participation in sessions and how much time and energy they spend working on their goals. Some clients like ongoing maintenance therapy and find it helpful to continue with sessions even after reaching their initial goals. Therapy is always the client’s choice, and they can stop anytime.

Every State has its own set of rules regarding licensing and providing virtual therapy. To receive services, you would have to physically live in California, Washington, or Indiana.

Great questions! Before I accept new clients, I will schedule a free consultation call to understand your needs. Together, we can decide if I am the right therapist for you. This consultation call also allows you to ask additional questions before proceeding. If we are not a good match, I can provide you with a referral list.

Coming Soon! A relationship workshop will be offered soon. Please let me know during our initial consultation call if you are interested in this workshop.

However, things may come up during your sessions that may affect your relationship with others. During these times, we can decide together that it may be beneficial to talk about it with your partner, family member, or friend. If you need this, I will provide a couple/family session as appropriate for your treatment.

Please check out the Fees & Insurance page under the Get Started tab. Here, you will find information on fees, insurance options, sliding scales, and more.

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