Introducing the newest member of our Mental Health department.
Overview:
I have started her mental health work since 2014. I served individuals of diverse cultural backgrounds such as military families, minority groups, and immigrants. Most of her work focuses on helping clients find their strengths and use them to manage life stressors, anxiety, depression, adjustment issues, trauma, and acculturation.
Earning a psychology degree fostered my interest in the way people think, feel, and behave. It made me curious about why we have limiting beliefs, why they vary, and how much they impact us. Working with military families and various cultural groups made me realize that these beliefs can be so vast and different yet all have limits that can cause pain and suffering. I started my counseling work to help people relieve their pain and suffering and help acknowledge their limitations as well as their strengths to improve their quality of life.
Client focus: I mostly work with clients who suffer from anxiety and panic disorders, depression, general relationship challenges (family, friends, co-workers), grief and loss, life transitions, trauma, and acculturation (having to navigate more than one culture). I also work with people who want to heal their generational trauma.
Expertise: Working with me has some structure through many forms, including homework, specific open-ended questions, role play if needed, and/or using your imagination. I use strengths-based, mindfulness-based, psychoeducation, CBT, gestalt, client-centered, IFS, and hypnotherapy in my practice. This combination of approaches allows me to help clients develop healthy coping skills, self-discovery, awakening, and use the gift of the present moment to heal. If the client permits, I incorporate reiki as well (see my website for more info).
Identify as: Filipino (Kapampangan)
Contact: (253) 339-9657
Website: https://sawareness.com/
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