Emotion Focused Healing

For the past decade, I have served as a mental health provider in the Asheville area. Throughout my career, I have discovered that healing in an individual and a family requires emotional regulation, emotional attunement, and meaningful engagement in relationships. These concepts, while understood by many as important, often are perceived as things that occur as a rite of passage or because someone hits a certain age. This understanding is far from the truth.

Science has shown us that emotional regulation is cultivated through experiences in relationships where someone feels safe and unconditionally accepted. Through the therapeutic process, we can work to enhance emotional regulation and resilience in the areas in which you or your child are struggling.

Emotional attunement is a key component of therapy. At times, outward behaviors can garner more attention and distract from the need to remain attuned to the emotional experience, both with our family members and ourselves. It is the responsibility for the clinician to recognize and respond accurately to the emotional experience of a client. Through my experience and training I have cultivated the ability to provide an attuned experience with my clients. In addition, I have worked extensively with caregivers and parents to help them develop and enhance their ability to emotionally attune with their child.

We are inherently social beings and experiencing a fulfilling life is dependent on our engagement in healthy and secure relationships. Many individuals seek therapy due to struggling with their relationships. The therapeutic relationship can be used as a model for experiencing healthy and secure relationships, thus serving as a launching pad to cultivate healthy relationships in other aspects of your life.

Facilitating secure and healthy relationships is at the core of my therapeutic approach.

I utilize Theraplay, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). All of these modalities have an emphasis on emotional regulation, emotional attunement, and experiencing healthy relationships.