![]() ![]() And even unhealthy coping has gotten clients through painful moments. I am always mindful that one’s experiences are true and valid. I love helping people rediscover their valued selves and lives. However, I am very influenced by-and use- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy extensively, as well as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy interventions and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I use a number of theoretical approaches and tailor my interventions to your needs. I live for overcoming “weak, fragile, broken, victim” narratives. I am passionate about helping people, as individuals or as couples, break free from the traps they create for themselves. I am trained through Post-Partum Support International (PSI) to work with perinatal and post-partum mental health concerns and adjustments and love supporting patients through their family formation journey. ![]() I am skilled and very much enjoy treating those struggling with anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, and anger. I have a particular passion for working with couples and utilize the Gottman Method interventions and Acceptance Commitment Therapy for Couples. Like all providers at AMANI Clinical Services, I am skilled and focused on the systems my patients come from and love working with relationship issues, families, and parenting difficulties. Perinatal & Post-Partum Mental Health Trained Each step is meaningful progress if that step leads to learning, openness to new experiences, and connection to people around you. I will help you cultivate a road map that guides you towards your values, while also problem-solving barriers and challenges to help equip you for the journey. You are worthy of finding your way through the process of getting unstuck. I want to help you discover the narrative you’ve developed about who you are and what the world is and make changes to the story you live by-changes that will help you feel better. My job isn’t to make clients’ pain go away it is to help you learn to embrace and accept the inevitable pain in living (without creating more symptoms) to build a more full and meaningful life. If your world has been shrinking, I can help. People are most likely to revert to old avoidance patterns-or create new ones-during times of transition, adjustment, and uncertainty. Ironically, this avoidance pattern (drinking, drugging, isolating, engaging in self injury, worrying about things that aren’t likely to happen, etc.) ends up creating more pain. Many times, the choices people make are in service of comfort, or to avoid pain. Mary Collins, LCPC, Supervised Pre-Doctoral InternĪs a Clinical Psychologist, I don’t subscribe to the belief that people are “broken” or need to be “fixed.” I see people as stuck in a certain way of thinking and behaving.Laura Daniels, PsyD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist Amanda Owen, MA, Supervised Licensed Professional Counselor.Dawn Kroencke, PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist Frontline Workers: Physicians, Physician’s Assistants, Nurses, EMTs, & Healthcare Providers.Expectant Parents (Biological & Adoptive).Resources for Everybody: How Do I Even Respond or Make Sense of This?.Neuropsychological Assessment: Pediatrics & Adults. ![]()
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