Bear Creek Therapy

As a therapist, I have often been told by my clients that I engage in dialogue more than what they had expected. While I do have a couch in my office, I am not the type of therapist who quietly sits  across from my clients and waits for "therapy" to begin. You can expect that I  will ask questions and give feedback and that I will also ask that you be an  active participant in therapy, bringing forward concerns and questions. 

Aside from being an active participant or facilitator in the therapy  process, I also often describe my therapy style as eclectic. I enjoy utilizing cognitive-behavioral or rational-emotive strategies, which essentially means that I help clients understand how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are connected to one another. I also employ client-centered approaches of active listening within a warm, genuine, accepting environment. Interpersonal therapy approaches are incorporated, including with grief, role transitions, and interpersonal skills. Solution-focused therapy also is beneficial at times, as well as skill building through such activities as increasing an individual's assertiveness or implementing healthy boundaries, learning relaxation and time management strategies, or improving the client's communication skills.