“The person isn’t the problem, the problem is the problem.” - Michael White
In hopes of effectively communicating my expectations and values associated with labeling, specifically diagnosing, I have compiled a list of labels that I have previously explored with other people that I’ve worked with. Please know that this list is not totalizing of the labels that I am familiar with but is meant to help you in your decision about what kind of therapy you are looking for.
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relationship dynamics
insecurities
anxieties/fears
grief
depression
attention deficits
hyperactivity
sensory needs
ambivalence
overwhelm
conflict resolution
and a variety of complex, structural, intergenerational, and interpersonal traumas.
Additionally, I have experience supporting people with more actively noticing and tapping into their strengths, developing increased empathy for themselves and others, and using accountability as a tool to experience a more satisfying, aligned sense of self.
A brief word on labels (including diagnoses):
We all come into new relationships with old labels. For some, these labels just work, they provide you with an effective means of communicating your experiences, they provide access to effective services, and/or they positively contribute to your life in some form or fashion. For others, the labels you have come to hold no longer work (maybe they never did), they contribute to a sense of feeling unseen and they don’t fit who you are or how you experience the world. Still for or others, it isn’t as simple as positive versus negative, labels are complex, sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t. Regardless, I am not here to take away your labels, rather, it is my practice to focus on the relationship you have with your labels, the values that are associated with them, the “fit” and service they provide and the agency you feel within them.