Family dynamics include genetics, culture, and interactional patterns (hierarchies, roles and schemas) you experienced within your family as a child. Examining these dynamics can tell us a lot about the conscious and unconscious thoughts, feelings, and decision-making you tend toward as an adult, including who you are likely to choose for a partner and how you raise your children. By bringing to light the intricacies of this blueprint you will become empowered to adopt healthier ways of being in relation to yourself and others.

External factors like family dynamics, culture, and past psychological injuries heavily influence the core beliefs driving our hopes and fears. However, internal factors play a key role as well: talents, skills, interests, values, and intelligence. We will leverage these strengths to heal unmet underlying needs while fortifying a more empowered self concept. Example techniques include the use of art, music, writing exercises, mirror work, inner child work, assigned reading, workbooks, images, fantasies, and dreams.

Resilience is the brain’s ability to cope and recover from stressful life events thru neuroplasticity. We will assess your past and current coping strategies, daily routines and rhythms as well as the environments in which you work, live and play in order to determine the presence or absence of protective factors. Protective factors foster a sense of safety, security and overall health and well-being. In situations in which resilience is lacking, we may brainstorm tangible action items to enhance these necessary protective factors. 

A focus on future vision is of upmost importance in order to determine and maintain desired gains both during and post-treatment. Developing a well-crafted future vision will help you take control of life in the here-and-now so that desired opportunities and healthy relationships continue to emerge and thrive. Example techniques include visualization, setting intentions, career development, financial planning, commitment and acceptance exercises, journaling, resourcing, and/or supplementary healing practices.