About Kind Truth Counseling

In my work, I encourage high amounts of self-reflection from my clients happening in and outside of sessions. After all, if we are looking to make meaningful change, will 1 hour out of 168 hours in a week suffice? Probably not. I encourage identifying action items in sessions and collaborate with clients to pinpoint specific, achievable short-term goals. You will also likely hear me encouraging journaling. Journaling utilizes similar concepts to therapy, only you are having the conversation with your own mind. Check out the journaling page on this website if you’re interested.

Approaches: I am an eclectic therapist, pulling from many counseling approaches. Below are my main theories I draw upon:

Interpersonal Therapy (IPT): This theory draws mostly upon the concept of attachment styles, and examines patterns of relational attachments throughout our lifetimes. (Fun fact: You can change your attachment style!)

Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT): This approach emphasizes awareness of emotions and connection to ourselves. You will notice I continually request an emotion to be named (this is typically harder for people than it sounds) and we will work with that emotion along with secondary emotions (our feelings about our feelings).

Narrative Therapy: This modality encourages exploration of our past to better understand our present selves. Narrative therapy encourages helpful meaning-making and helps un-write negative stories we have created over time about ourselves.