Autonomy Therapy

A healthy self-esteem allows for self-acceptance and mental flexibility. On the other hand, low self-esteem feels like an inner critic picking away at your confidence and making you second-guess yourself. When faced with challenges, a healthy self-esteem fosters resilience and can help you move forward and view challenges as opportunities for growth -- let us help you build more resilience and strengthen your self-perception.

Do you find yourself thinking about food constantly? Have these overwhelming thoughts impacted your social life, work, personal relationships, and self-esteem? Are you ready to free your mind of its fixation on food and weight in order to make room for activities that bring you joy? Therapy can help you take back autonomy of your body and your relationship with food. Our therapists specialize in working with eating disorders and would be honored to be part of your recovery journey.

Though anxiety can be a healthy human emotion that helps us stay alert and aware; however, persistent anxiety can affect your quality of life and stand in the way of reaching your goals. Anxiety encompasses a range of issues including generalized anxiety disorder, specific phobias, social anxiety disorder, and panic disorder. If you are experiencing anxiety, you are not alone, and our therapists at Autonomy Therapy are here to support you.

Humanistic therapy: We believe that our clients are their experts of their lives and that everyone has their own personal worldview, and therefore, we approach therapy through a humanistic lens. Humanistic therapy is rooted in self-acceptance and the belief that individuals are capable of making choices congruent with their values in order to live authentically. When practicing through this lens, therapists provide unconditional acceptance and prioritize client autonomy to promote self-trust.

We believe that our clients are their experts of their lives and that everyone has their own personal worldview, and therefore, we approach therapy through a humanistic lens. Humanistic therapy is rooted in self-acceptance and the belief that individuals are capable of making choices congruent with their values in order to live authentically. When practicing through this lens, therapists provide unconditional acceptance and prioritize client autonomy to promote self-trust.

At Autonomy Therapy, we believe in the power of body and mind connection in developing self-awareness. We use somatic therapy to help clients connect with their bodies authentically and listen to them more carefully and with intention. By paying attention to how their bodies hold onto stress, tension, and trauma, clients can develop helpful coping strategies to become more in tune with their mental and physical experiences.

We also use Internal Family Systems to help clients become curious about themselves and to build empowering context to better understand their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Using an Internal Family Systems approach allows clients to recognize that they are made up of a multitude of “parts” and each serves a specific function. We believe that there are no “bad” parts and that exploring each one allows clients to develop self-compassion and self-awareness.

We use Internal Family Systems to help clients become curious about themselves and to build empowering context to better understand their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Using an Internal Family Systems approach allows clients to recognize that they are made up of a multitude of “parts” and each serves a specific function. We believe that there are no “bad” parts and that exploring each one allows clients to develop self-compassion and self-awareness.