How do you describe your therapeutic approach?
Cheerfully direct, practical and humble. I ask lots of questions, explain how I think about things, describe various hypotheses about what might be going on and then collaboratively create a plan to see what can help.
What do you specialize in?
Understanding how cognitive, emotional, and personality issues can prevent people who are generally doing well or very well in life from doing even better and helping them make choices that both increase their abilities and happiness.
What’s the most rewarding part of your job?
Having a patient say that their experience feels understood in a way that it has not before and more importantly, having a patient feel that they understand themselves differently in a way that allows for a rapid change in mood and action.
What’s something your clients might be surprised to learn about you?
Perhaps my patients would not be surprised to learn that I am a runner but might that I am a rock climber.