What should people thinking about therapy with you, know about you?

So, what I would like people to know about me, or think about working with me is first, even though I'm an LCSW registered intern I am done with my school so I graduated with my master's in social work, and I'm now under supervision for my clinical license, which is basically just like a doctor who's in residency at a hospital can't just go out on his own and open his own medical practice without practicing under somebody first it's the same thing for mental health practitioners. So that's what intern means in terms of my style and just what it would be like to work with me I'm a very collaborative type of therapist. I'm not prescriptive. I definitely would not ever tell you what to do or what not to do, because I think that everybody has a sense of what they want. And my job is just to be a non judgmental objective observer. I love to hear where people are coming from and to reflect back to them what I'm hearing. And at the same time there is a science to therapy, which is why a lot of people seek therapists because you know, they think "if I knew what to do I would do it". So I want to I want to be helpful. I don't ever want to offer advice, or give solutions but I will be a guide, walking alongside you empowering you to find the solutions, and outcomes that you want to see.

Okay, so here is a mouthful. Let me tell you, I am American, Buddhist psychologist, practicing in Asia, who now through the miracle of the internet is also working with and practicing with the people back home in California. So it's all come very full circle. But a kind of interesting, unique thing about me that I would share is that I am actually physically in Asia. Right now I'm in Singapore. I'm soon to return to Thailand where I had initially moved after leaving California. And I found that now by working with people online, I'm able to transcend space, and to be able to continue to care for people back home. And in so doing, I think that it's kind of interesting because I'm able to bring to people, things that I'm benefiting from here in Asia, while also still having a very strong Western psychologist background. And so, among those things are my practice and teaching of meditation and mindfulness, but maybe even on a little deeper level. There are values of loving kindness and compassion that are so beautiful, and are inherent to the people and culture of Thailand, that I am finding very valuable to infuse in my work as a psychologist. So, you know, I'd love to share with you more about that and to see how that may have value to you, but I guess the little secret that I would tell you is, even though my practice is still being run out of California, I'm not in California, yet I'm concerned for people who are. So I hope that that will pique your interest and I would love to discuss with you your situation. I'm offering free online consultations with folks and that might give us a chance to sort through, you know, some of what it is that you're experiencing and looking for and to see how I might be able to be of assistance. So I hope that that piqued your interest and I'll look forward to hopefully talking to you soon. Take care, bye bye.