Person-Centered (Rogerian)

In person-centered therapy, also known as Rogerian therapy, the client embraces a leading role in the profound journey of self-discovery. The therapeutic connection, rooted in unconditional positive regard and a joint pursuit of comprehending the client's unique experiences, aspirations, and resolutions, becomes the catalyst for fostering self-acceptance and healing.

I use a person-centered approach to therapy. I will never push you to open up until you’re ready. This is your space, your time, and I will respect you always.

My doctoral studies and training focused on classical, Client-Centered theory and therapies in the tradition founded by Carl Rogers. I teach Person-Centered therapy at the graduate level, contributing to clinical research and international conferences.

Rooted in the belief that every individual has the capacity for growth and self-healing, I specialize in Person-Centered Therapy to create a warm, accepting environment where clients feel truly heard and valued. I draw on my expertise in fostering a therapeutic relationship built on empathy, genuineness, and unconditional positive regard to support clients in achieving self-awareness, resilience, and personal transformation.

In person-centered therapy, we trust human potential, providing clients with empathy and unconditional positive regard.

My person-centered approach focuses on helping you explore how vital being your true self is in order to lead the most fulfilling life.

Person-Centered theory is all about a way of being towards you. It is grounded in the desire to show respect and care for you as a person. Carl Rogers (founder of Person-Centered theory) coined an idea known as Unconditional Positive Regard. The goal of my actions as your counselor is to show a deep value, care, and respect, for you. I want to create a space that says, “I honor you and hold no judgment for any piece of you.” A space where you can safely become the best version of yourself.

The baseline for person-centered therapy is this: I don't know what's best for you. I don't put my ego into your life. I don't judge you. Instead, I am a safe space of understanding, that helps you find your goals for therapy, your desires for healing, your hopes for change in your life, and then I help you gently navigate through challenges to reach your goals and bring hope to your life.

his form of psychotherapy is grounded in the idea that people are inherently motivated toward achieving positive psychological functioning.

A person enters person centered therapy in a state of incongruence. It is the role of the therapists to reverse this situation. The purpose of Roger’s humanistic therapy is to increase a person’s feelings of self-worth, reduce the level of incongruence between the ideal and actual self, and help a person become more of a fully functioning person.

As a person-centered therapist, I seek to reveal to my clients their knowledge of themselves. They are the true experts on their own happiness, and the point of therapy is to help them tap into that expertise and make use of it every day, not only within the therapy hour.

My therapy style and personality naturally align with the person-centered approach. The space that I create in therapy is based on the tenets of person-centered therapy including unconditional positive regard, the belief that each individual has the right and power to discover the best path for their own personal growth, and that an honest, empathic connection helps clients get in touch with and eventually embrace their most authentic selves.

I was privileged to do my doctoral training in a department that took a very Rogerian, person-centered approach to therapy. This was especially crucial for me, as this is the style that naturally resonates with my instincts. Without meaning to sound like a broken record, I feel strongly that therapy has to begin with forming a real human connection. Thus, person-centered therapy is embedded, I would say, into all of the work that I do.