Finding the Right Therapist
Bringing about positive change
Going to therapy is not an admission of anything but the fact that you want to become a better version of yourself!
Part of you has been arguing for this kind of change for a while now and yet maybe another part of you has gotten in the way of that.
“How can the stuff I do in therapy be any different than talking with my closest friends and family?”
“If I’m going to invest in therapy, I want to know that it will work!”
Finding Value in Therapy
As a Certified EMDR therapist, it is my job to set the conditions for you to experience forward progress and healing. We begin by identifying the conversations you have within yourself and see what are some of the barriers you run into when you try to work things out in your mind.
“Even though I’ve done regular talk therapy in the past, EMDR therapy is what enabled me to access the deeper memories and emotions from several traumatic experiences and to identify the negative beliefs that have still stuck with me all these years. Robert’s skillful and compassionate combination of EMDR and IFS therapy created safety and permission to name those painful memories and messages out loud and to express and release those intense emotions.” – anonymous client
Let’s find your ‘stuff in the basement’!
The barriers to the change you want are usually what I call stuff that’s “stuck in the basement.”
A leading trauma expert, Dr. Bessel VanderKolk says, “Trauma is a physiological response that needs to complete.” Our brains react to an unsafe situation, and something negative gets stuck in the lower regions of the brain. Imagine being able to let go of the insecure feelings you have had most of your life. How much easier would it be to be confident and happy after doing that?
Once we get to those issues from the past, it allows you to be freed up to do your thinking from a clearer perspective without the nagging fears from your past. I use therapy methods called IFS and EMDR. Both of these approaches go to the heart of the matter by getting to the source of your problem.
About Me
I am interested in helping people change their lives for the better.
I’ve spent my lifetime asking myself and others the nagging question of “Why do we do this?”
Through my life experiences, my two Master’s degrees, and becoming EMDR Certified, I have learned a great deal about how to handle that nagging question. After discovering IFS therapy, I have found a way to combine both therapies, IFS and EMDR, to help people move beyond asking questions into actually changing their lives.
I love to see my client’s eyes light up when I help them experience REAL and permanent healing.
While much of my life has been spent in intellectual pursuits, I also love to eat out, watch movies, play softball, and ride my motorcycle.