CBT & Solution-Focused Therapy
Practical strategies for meaningful change.
Present-focused tools can complement deeper trauma work by addressing current thoughts, behaviors, coping patterns, resources, and goals.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Thoughts, emotions, body, and behavior
CBT-informed interventions explore how these elements influence one another. They may help identify automatic thoughts, examine self-critical or fear-based interpretations, reduce avoidance, practice new responses, and strengthen coping skills.
CBT is not forced positive thinking. It involves examining whether established beliefs and coping patterns remain accurate, helpful, and consistent with present circumstances.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Strengths, resources, and movement
Solution-Focused work explores what is already helping, times when the problem is less intense, resources you may be overlooking, and small realistic steps toward a preferred future.
It also clarifies how you will recognize that therapy is working and how therapeutic gains can be applied in daily life.
Integrated—not separate from your history.
These approaches do not minimize the past. They complement trauma-focused treatment by translating insight and processing into practical, sustainable change.
Experience & credentials
Nearly 30 years of clinical experience.
More than 25 years integrating EMDR into psychotherapy.
EMDRIA Certified Therapist™
EMDRIA Approved Consultant™
Certified Telemental Health Provider
Institute for Creative Mindfulness