How does humanistic therapy work and how can it help?
Humanistic therapy focuses on self-growth and personal development by providing a supportive, empathetic environment where clients explore their true selves. It emphasizes self-acceptance, present-focused exploration, and empowerment, helping clients improve self-esteem, emotional well-being, and relationships while fostering personal growth and self-awareness.
My practice philosophy centers on a deep respect for my patients’ autonomy, dignity, and trust in me to honor the sanctity of their stories. With over seventeen years of both outpatient and inpatient psychiatric nursing experience, my approach to struggles with anxiety, depression, and other common and less common mental health problems is driven by humility and dedication to my patients’ goals and preferred cultural sources of belonging and support. Compelled by lived experience, I specialize in psychiatric concerns related to neurodevelopment and neurodivergence, tailoring treatment according to ethical, evidence-based research and guidelines. Along with a balanced strengths-based approach to disability, my commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion similarly translates into sensitivity and diligence with regard to psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic choices.
*Specialties
•Mental Health
•Adult Psychiatry
•Psychiatry
•Child Psychiatry
•Behavioral Medicine
*Conditions treated
•Depression
•Anxiety
•Autism
•Sleep problems
•ADHD
•Insomnia
•Bipolar disorders
•Schizophrenia
•Mood disorders
•OCD
•Trauma and PTSD
*Treatment philosophy
My treatment philosophy prioritizes non-judgmental, compassionate, creative, and scientifically rigorous care. I believe that good health is inseparable from peace of mind and that my role as a psychiatric provider is to help you restore and maintain that peace through medication and brief psychotherapy according to symptom severity and type when lifestyle and other therapeutic measures alone aren’t sufficient. I strongly believe that well-being depends on feeling safe, appreciated, and inspired.
*Treatment approach
•Culturally Sensitive
•Humanistic
•Person-Focused