I started practicing in 2009, and have maintained a passion for trying to better understand and assist people with diverse psychologies, live different lives, and experience varied challenges.
Early in my career, I fixated on learning trademarked “special” techniques and over-complicated interventions, but over time, I have come to appreciate why good therapy is often basic in appearance. Helping clients non-defensively reflect on oneself and carefully interpret patterns can just be an ordinary-looking conversation. Likewise, heartfelt empathy, appropriate affirmations, well-timed insights that are otherwise unwelcomed, and measured efforts to redirect the client back to what is unpleasant but pertinent, are amongst the basic-looking things that make therapy a therapeutic experience experience for many clients.
I was taught to do the above well, emphasis must be placed on getting to know the intricacies of each client’s unique personality and being attuned to the nuances of their...
