Integrative Therapy

Educated in Integrative Systemic Therapy (IST) from the Family Institute at Northwestern University. I conceptualize cases while looking at clients and the systems they interact in.

I believe flexibility throughout the therapeutic process is essential. This may require integration of other therapeutic techniques and modalities (within my scope of practice & scope of competence), while incorporating your own interests and evolving needs. This may, at times, include collaboration with other members of your clinical/support team.

I specialize in integrative therapy, combining techniques from modalities like cognitive-behavioral, narrative, and mindfulness-based therapies to meet your unique needs. This holistic approach recognizes the connection between mind, body, and emotions, allowing us to explore challenges from multiple angles. Together, we’ll develop personalized strategies that support your healing, foster growth, and promote lasting well-being.

Integrative therapy is a combined approach to psychotherapy that brings together different therapeutic methods and theories, tailoring them to meet the unique needs of each individual client. By integrating various techniques, we aim to provide a more comprehensive and flexible treatment. We may incorporate elements from humanistic, cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, and other therapeutic approaches, to address clients' emotional, cognitive, and behavioral concerns holistically.

Integrative therapy is a combined approach to psychotherapy that brings together different therapeutic methods and theories, tailoring them to meet the unique needs of each individual client. By integrating various techniques, we aim to provide a more comprehensive and flexible treatment. We may incorporate elements from humanistic, cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, and other therapeutic approaches, to address your emotional, cognitive, and behavioral concerns holistically.

I tend to use an array of evidence-based approaches that are tailored to your particular presenting concerns. Together, we collaborate to identify meaningful goals for you in therapy, and I utilize appropriate therapeutic frameworks for each goal.

Through my experience with various therapeutic approaches, I specialize in integrative therapy, which allows us to create a treatment plan that addresses your unique needs. A one-size-fits-all approach isn’t effective for every challenge you may face. Life is complex, and navigating the emotions and thoughts you experience daily is key to accepting your authentic reality in each moment. This approach empowers you to better understand yourself and overcome obstacles in a meaningful way.

This holistic and individualized therapy utilizes segments from various psychotherapy methods to create customized goals and treatment plans.

As I am trained in a number of evidence based treatments, I pull from all of these depending on ever individual clients needs to tailor treatment for them and address their unique struggles.

I greatly appreciate an Integrative approach, and love the ethical code "do no harm." At Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) we learned several types of therapy, including psychodynamic psychotherapy, and others that can be included as an integrative therapy approach, such as feminist, gestalt, attachment, culturally sensitive, existential, Gottman method, Mindfulness, narrative, and more.

Integration is the key to sustainable change. Integration happens on multiple layers - cognitively, biologically, and relationally. No two people are alike and thus, therapy should be adapted to each specific client to foster deep healing. My approach to therapy infuses a systems lens, feminist/multiculturalist psychotherapies, stage-based trauma therapies, attachment theory, interpersonal neurobiology, relational approaches, body-oriented (somatic) modalities, creative approaches, experiential psychotherapy, existential psychotherapy, depth psychology. This diverse skill set allows me to employ a multitude of empirically backed psychotherapies while being very real and approachable with my clients. This kind of integrative model allows me to help clients feel what they need to feel, process what they need to process, and grow in the ways they need to grow so they can create the lives they wish to lead.

I use an integrative approach to personalize therapy using different therapeutic modalities to best meet your unique needs. Rather than using a one-size-fits-all method, I draw from evidence-based practices like cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), EMDR, psychodynamic therapy, somatic therapy, and mindfulness to create a holistic treatment plan. This approach considers the whole person—mind, body, and emotions—helping you develop self-awareness, resilience, and lasting change.

I pull concepts and integrate techniques from a variety of theoretical backgrounds to personalize my therapeutic style to what resonates and works for you. All parts of you are welcome, and together, we can explore the many aspects of your lived experience in support of your personal growth and transformation.

There's no one-size-fits-all approach. One thing most people get wrong is that they don't realize how unique they are. A lot of the work I do is collaboratively painting a clearer picture of who you are, what you've been through, and forging the strength (in a nurturing environment) to wipe your lens clean from distortions that are protective yet limiting.

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I offer an eclectic and integrative therapeutic approach depending on your presenting concerns. Working through a trauma-informed and relationally-based lens, I incorporate evidence-based practices to target your unique needs. The most influential aspect of therapy is the relationship we build, and my number one priority is to be your cheerleader, confidant, and trusted guide as we embark on this journey of healing and growth.

I'm a lifelong learner, and well-developed, skillful therapist. In years of graduate and post-graduate education, I've received various levels of training in the following modalities: CBT, DBT, ACT, MI, SE, EMDR, NVC, and IFS. I borrow tools and insights from all these therapies and integrate them for my client's benefit with my primary grounding and advanced training in systems-oriented (SCT) therapy and SAVI, which together offer a broad and deep framework for human challenges and growth.