Good mental health starts with the way we talk to ourselves. Often times when I begin to explore a client’s internal narrative it becomes clear that they talk to themselves in ways that are unhelpful. One of the first objectives for our work together will be to examine your internal narrator and find a voice/tone that promotes acceptance, understanding, objectiveness, and kindness.

Mindfulness/Thought Awareness

Within Cognitive Behavioral Therapy there is a large emphasis on helpful VS unhelpful thinking patterns. Our minds are powerful problem solving tools that have the ability to tell us or show us almost anything based on our past experiences.

In some cases our minds can show us wonderful possibilities, remind us of our greatest accomplishments, and inspire us to take positive action. At other times our minds can show us all the potential catastrophes in life, the ways in which we will surely fail, or the reasons why we’re not good enough and never will be.

By bringing attention and intention to the ways in which we talk to ourselves and about ourselves we can better understand our narrative and how we can use it to propel us forward in life.

When a client agrees to work with me they are agreeing to practice mindfulness on a daily basis. If we want to improve our mental health then we need to make a daily commitment to our minds and ourselves. Even if we only practice mindfulness for a minute per day, we are still moving towards becoming a healthier version of ourselves .

Goal Setting

As a therapist, one of my responsibilities is to help my clients explore/identify the things they want to change in their life and how they’re going to do it. Goal setting within therapy provides a vehicle for accountability and measuring progress.