Therapy

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Your story is unique, and I am here to make space for it.

Psychotherapy

Service Overview

About Psychotherapy

Psychodynamic psychotherapy is an exploratory form of talk therapy that seeks to help you evaluate how your life experiences have impacted the story you are telling yourself about yourself and the world you know. These stories may be positive or negative, accurate or inaccurate, and are usually written unknowingly. In examining these stories, we aim to identify the unconscious patterns that direct your current behaviors and perceptions.

Understanding Your Story

Psychodynamic psychotherapy creates space to explore the experiences, relationships, beliefs, and patterns that have helped shape how you understand yourself and the world around you.

The goal is not simply to change symptoms. It is to better understand the patterns beneath them and create room for a different way of relating to yourself, other people, and the challenges in your life.

A Collaborative Process

Our relationship is collaborative. You remain an active participant in determining what we explore, how quickly we explore it, and what meaningful change looks like for you.

Begin Care

Begin Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

If you are interested in understanding the patterns beneath your thoughts, feelings, relationships, and behaviors, we can begin that exploration together.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Psychotherapy

I have gone through some dark stuff that is really scary to talk about. How do I know I can trust you?

Seeking help for your psychological work is a big step, and it is going to take time to build trust. I aim to do so by giving you the reins on your story.

I will ask personal questions, but I will do so respectfully, honoring when you are not ready to talk about certain subjects, and showing up for when you are.

I want you to know that I can handle the truth. I am comfortable with uncomfortable topics, so you are encouraged to speak freely and know that I bring no judgement, even about things you may judge yourself for.

Tell me about confidentiality during sessions.

I am ethically and legally bound to maintain your confidentiality. As a mandated reporter, there are a few specific exceptions that I like to make clear, because it is important to establish these parameters upfront.

Mandated reporters are people who work in healthcare, education, police, social work, and other fields who must by law make a report for abuse or neglect involving children, the elderly, disabled individuals, and others protected by applicable reporting laws.

Other confidentiality exceptions involve situations in which I believe that a client is a genuine threat to themselves or someone else. With your authorization, I will ask to have an emergency contact on file as well as accessing 911 to locate your closest dispatch (www.nena.org) so that if I have genuine concern, I could send paramedics or police. This, however, is an exceedingly rare scenario.

There are also some legal scenarios in which the courts may compel me to provide information. In such situations, my practice is to contact my client before responding to the request when appropriate so that clients have an opportunity to object.

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Telehealth Availability

Licensed in 6 States

Dreamweaver Holistic Psychiatry provides thoughtful, collaborative telehealth psychiatry in select states. I am fully licensed through each individual state.