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My Approach to Therapy
Innate empathy, genuine concern and compassion are personal attributes that I bring to my role as a therapist. In working with clients, I am able to utilize these characteristics to develop rapport and establish the therapeutic relationship. I also aim to help clients feel empowered and hopeful in their treatment, allow for exchange of ideas and feedback, and establish a cooperative environment in which the client can feel like an agent for change in their own lives. My approach to treatment is an integrative process heavily influenced by attachment patterns with primary caregivers and current relationships and an interpersonal process approach which emphasizes the therapeutic relationship as a vehicle for increased insight, transformation, and change.
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The Therapeutic Process
My initial focus in working with children is on comprehending how they have acquired their presenting symptoms. This often involves learning more about the family of origin and the child's relationships with caregivers. Given the complex culture of children, a thorough interview, inclusive of developmental, academic familial, social, cultural, mental health, and medical histories, is conducted in order to gain a better understanding of the client. Several interviews may be conducted in order to attain information on differences of symptoms among settings, among them teachers, parents, and other therapists or professionals that have worked with the child. Depending on the presenting symptoms, evaluative measures will be conducted in order to gain measurable indications of symptomatology and arrive at a diagnosis. A treatment plan will then be implemented with the collaborative efforts of myself, the client, and parents, which is most suitable for the client and their unique needs. An intervention plan is then initiated, which can include various treatment modalities including play therapy, art therapy, sandplay, and cognitive-behavioral techniques, among others.