Positive Psychology focuses on the positive influences in the client’s life, such as institutions, optimistic emotions, and character strengths.
Positive Psychology therapists believe that emotional and mental factors lead to happiness, so they help clients identify happiness from moment to moment.
Positive Psychology utilizes positive emotion, engagement, and meaning to enhance the client’s life. The therapist will ask the client to maintain a journal of positive experiences each day in detail. Keeping a gratitude journal helps rewire the brain, offsetting ruminations of negativity. The client becomes more attentive to their expectations and memories of events, creating a more balanced perspective.
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You know how sometimes life can feel like a maze where you keep hitting dead ends? I work with people who are ready to explore the possibility that life is actually more like a labryinth, where there are no dead ends--only turns that make you slow down and change directions. In our work together, I will have you actually walk my labyrinth or one near you, create symbolic images, tap into your b...
Life is riddled with hardships, change, and growth. Some aspects of life may be more difficult to manage than others, which can result in various challenges related to one's mental and emotional well-being, often times impacting our day-to-day functioning. I'm here to normalize issues related to mental health, and to serve as a source of support in your efforts to work towards healthy mental an...
**ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS** We specialize in working with teens and adults with anxiety and depression. Our goals is to help our clients feel more confident and happy. We strive to provide high quality counseling as soon as possible and can schedule your first visit within 24-48 hours. Katie sees teens and adults adjusting to grief and loss, a newly diagnosed illness, and individuals who have bee...
I believe that each of us have the tools within ourselves to achieve optimal mental health and relational functioning, which is why I use a collaborative approach with my clients to develop and work toward their goals. I offer a safe and inclusive space for my clients to explore their identities, relationships, needs, and desires. I have experiences working with adults, adolescents, and couples...
How I work is best described by a current client: Having the opportunity to know Lynn has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I say this because she has given me life lessons, the kind that I use every day. Lynn has the absolute gift to open your mind and take you places that you didn't realize you needed to go all with the security and timing that makes you reflect upon...
I am a licensed psychologist with over 30 years experience working with children, adolescents, adults and families, and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medical Science at Brown University. I am passionate about helping people overcome challenges such as anxiety and depression, family and interpersonal conflict, grief and loss, trauma, ADHD and childhood behavior issues. My treatment approach ...
Do you spend time thinking about the past or constantly worried about the future? Do you seek to know yourself better? I help people change the habits and behaviors that are not serving them, so they can lead more peaceful and balanced lives here in the present moment. We will work together to understand how your past informs who you are now, but does not define it. I help clients identify thei...
( English | español ) My client has difficulty with change and is unable to look at the positive side of things. Normally I see this in young adults feel are not reach their potential and are running out of time. The goal is to pay more attention to the things they already accomplish and prioritize life and recognize that sometimes life provides twists and turns out of our control. Teach the va...
I'm a Marriage & Family Therapist, with more than 10 years of experience helping people of all age groups, with a focus on teens. My goal is to help clients live a healthier life by learning skills to handle the challenges that inevitably arise, due to school or peer stress, life's transitions, losses such as a loved one, job, or marriage. I have a passion for helping people. When not at work y...
Most people suffer from unconscious guilt and shame stemming from their childhood traumas. Guilt causes us to unconsciously do self-destructive things. Shame causes us to isolate ourselves and hide our true selves. Both guilt and shame make people feel undeserving and isolated. My approach to therapy is to help patients find relief from their irrational guilt and feelings of shame and to develo...
Congratulations on embarking upon the next step in your journey! Each of these steps — every experience of bliss, fear, frustration, or sorrow — have all lead you to this very moment. The challenges and complexities of your day-to-day life may have lead you here. The traumas, losses, and heartaches of the past have, too. And while I would rather that each of us would be spared these experiences...
My work with clients focuses on providing client centered and strength-based psychotherapy to adolescents and adults as well as offering parent support. I work with many different types of clients from varied backgrounds, and feel privileged to have the opportunity to hear each person's unique story. I work to empower clients to look at deep-rooted patterns, explore and strengthen identity, gai...
Has a recent loss turned your life upside down? Losing a loved one can make you feel empty and not like yourself. Family and friends try to help, but statements like "you'll get over it' and "it is time to move on" can be hurtful and insensitive. Coping with loss is a lifetime process that is never completely overcome. Our task to help you find ways to stay connected with their essence rather t...
I work best with clients ready to take action and needing support to face the anxiety and depressive thinking beyond old trauma. The people who care about you want to see you build an inner strength to face challenges directly. Over the last 10 years, my clients have improved their relationships, careers and deepened the release of past pain. Prepare for facing directly your stress and symptoms...
Hello, I am Jennifer R. Trefonas, MS, LMHC, MHP. I was initially licensed in FL in 1992, moved to WA 2002; licensed WA 2001. I ENJOY assisting INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COUPLES, & CHILDREN in overcoming obstacles. I AM ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS. Contact me for HELP with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, addiction issues, bullying, grief, feeling shamed, taken advantage of, abuse of any kind,...
