Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) emphasizes utilizing compassion to understand yourself and the people around you. It’s a good option for people dealing with shame or self-criticism that causes emotional distress.
Developing compassion for yourself and others requires practice. Practicing self-compassion exercises can help you manage shame and guilt, which can help you develop compassion for the people around you.
Andreea uses CBT to focus on how a person’s thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes affect their feelings and behaviors. Andreea engages client in different types of experiential interventions that enhance the therapeutic process. Certain types of experiential therapy allow for individuals to develop an enhanced sense of self-control, self-esteem, and accomplishment. Andreea believes that experiential...
I'm inspired to guide teens, and parents through the process of exploring what is on their hearts and minds. Through this exploration, I’ve seen teens create and maintain more fulfilling family interactions, healthier relationships with peers, and greater focus towards their goals. I help teens and family members improve self-understanding, self-compassion, effective communication, and connecti...
"Change" is possible and the vast majority of us need guidance and support for it to come to fruition. I believe in the power of building supportive and healthy relationships to aid with healing. Relationships have an extraordinary capacity to deeply wound or profoundly heal human lives. I have certainly experienced them in both ways. Healing happens when you allow yourself to uncover underlyin...
Life can be exhausting. It's a struggle just to make it through the day. You push through to another day but it feels exactly like the day before. You've tried the self-help books, the YouTube channels, advice from friends and family, you've even prayed but nothing seems to help. You are tired of the anxiety, anger, depression, disappointment, and stress. You are overwhelmed and you want more o...
***** Not accepting new clients at this time. ***** My style is influenced by the work of Brené Brown, who writes, "We are all made of strength and struggle." I will encourage you to acknowledge and build on your strengths and support you through your struggles. I am passionate about helping people move towards self-acceptance and away from shame and self-doubt. I strive to be authentic,...
There are times in life when it is difficult to believe that we will ever reach our dreams, hopes, goals, or have the future for which we had hoped. We may be feeling stuck, lonely, and unable to develop or access our wisdom and strengths. Too often, challenging life situations or decisions made in the past tend to have a lasting effect on our lives. I believe that everyone has the capacity to...
Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to join you on your journey towards healing. I am a New York City native and practicing licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Board of Behavioral Sciences Approved Clinical Supervisor, an American Association of Marriage and Family Therapist approved Clinical Supervisor and Clinical Fellow. I have over 10 years of clinical experience as an outpatient...
I can help you create a life that is full of joy, harmony and well-being. Whether your goal is to work on interpersonal relationships, find a right partner, heal from past wounds, recover from addictions or live with more integrity and authenticity, I will be happy to work with you. Every life experience no matter how painful it seems, holds some meaning, which if we understand, can help bring ...
My practice is rooted in the idea that we are all born with basic goodness, something we never lose. As we grow, messages are passed down from parents, family, and society that create our world view. Experiences shape how we attach to others and ourselves. As children, we would have had no choice but to take in these beliefs. These messages were often the products of well-meaning, conditioned...
Sometimes people are stuck in an unhealthy pattern of interacting with themselves or with others. I help clients understand why they have that unhealthy pattern, and I help them create the changes they want. I help clients unlock the things that are keeping them stuck, and I help them move forward in life. I help children process and understand things that are happening in their life, especiall...
Have you ever experienced an incident in life that you couldn’t quite figure out how to get through on your own? Has there been a time in your life or childhood where you have something traumatic or life altering happen to you? Have you ever lost a loved one or someone close to you and can’t figure out how to move passed it? Have you ever felt sadness, anxiousness, or confusion about life? If y...
You thought that motherhood would be an easier, more joyful experience. Instead you find yourself worrying constantly, unable to sleep and fighting with your partner. You are used to juggling many things in life successfully and wonder why this feels so hard. You love your baby but miss your prior self, constantly struggle with self-doubt and compare yourself to other moms on social media. It...
When we're anxious, we tend to feel physical symptoms (like our hearts beating faster) or experience lots of worries about many things. But the biggest problem with anxiety is that it GETS IN THE WAY of a full life! It holds us back. It paralyzes us. It makes us second-guess ourselves. It prevents us from forming relationships. I became a cognitive behavioral therapist so that I could help peop...
Clearwater Counseling and Consulting, PLLC, was founded by Elizabeth Kovacs, LCSW, in 2019 as a place of support for adults coping with the stress of caregiving, parenting, chronic illness, and family tension. Located on the shores of Lake Norman, Clearwater Counseling seeks to be a place of comfort and affirmation where teenagers, adults, and senior citizens can find solutions and healthy copi...
Yoga therapy is used both as a complement to traditional therapy or as a stand-alone therapeutic process. Clients with long-standing depression and anxiety, chronic illness, and chronic pain explore my services to find relief and a new way of helping themselves. Those with trauma and diagnosed PTSD receive additional tools to regulate symptoms through this non-diagnostic and integrative...
