What's the difference between psychotherapy and coaching?

Psychotherapy takes a deep dive into the past in order to understand and work with what is currently happening in the present. Psychotherapy provides clients suffering from mental illness and other emotional challenges with a diagnostic framework with which to better understand themselves. The therapeutic relationship provides a safe space in which we can compassionately consider patterns of behavior formed in childhood and adolescence, metabolize history’s narrative and work towards accepting and/or changing the realities of today. Psychotherapy helps clients with difficulties such as coping with past traumas, realizing problematic beliefs, healing challenging relationships and resolving unhelpful habits. Psychotherapy can help clients manage symptoms related to anxiety, depression, psychosis, grief and beyond. The idea is that by understanding the past can we work to create the most fulfilled current and fully realized future version of Self. 

Coaching is an action-oriented, results-based approach to identifying obstacles currently misaligned with a client's desires for their future goals and self-constructed vision. We look less at the "why" based on historical events and more towards the future to consider what is the next best step. Creating healthy habits is so much less about will-power and so much more about smaller incremental change leading to a much bigger overall routine. Together we'll take micro-steps to move in the direction of your dreams. 

How long are your sessions?

An individual psychotherapy or coaching appointment takes place within a 50-minute session.

What's your style of therapy?

My style is relational and eclectic. Relational therapy is founded on the concept that healthy, rewarding relationships with other people are mutually beneficial and necessary for one’s core wellness and emotional health.

I use an eclectic variety of interventions including Internal Family Systems, Narrative Therapy, CBT, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Motivational Interviewing amongst others.

Do you offer couples therapy?

Unfortunately, I do not offer couples counseling at this time. However, I have a rich network of talented clinicians who do offer this service and to whom I refer.

What are your hours?

Since I work with clients across the country and on both coasts, my hours vary depending on time zone. I see clients as early as 7a on the West coast and as late as 7p on the East coast.