During our first meeting, we will work together on your treatment goals and develop a treatment plan.

However, the timeline is different for each person, so I can’t say for sure what will be the final date.

We need to have a plan and specific goals to accomplish.

What is truly important is for us to communicate about the progress, the goals, and where you are in the process.

Therapy doesn’t need to be for “forever.”

The goal of therapy is to move forward and improve the issues that we want/should address.

Yes, many people find it helpful to continue to attend therapy sessions on a regular basis as self-care for their mental health and not just when they feel unwell or in a crisis mode.

It is up to each person to choose what is the right for them.

Of course, I will.

As I mentioned earlier, it is not about diagnosis. It is about you and what you want and need to work on. Bottom line, it doesn’t matter what we call it; it matters what you experience and what you want to do next.

I think that the most important thing in therapy is the therapeutic relationship between the client and the therapist.

However, there are some issues/mental disorders/struggles that require an experienced therapist in order to support the client’s recovery.

Eating Disorders are one of those illnesses that it will be beneficial and productive to have a therapist who specializes in it.

Of course, you can.

I work with clients struggling with different issues.

I work with clients struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, bullying, life changes/transitions, trauma, crisis, family dynamic, and other mental disorders.

Besides my MA in clinical psychology and becoming a licensed therapist, I continued to do more studying throughout the years, so I could become specialized in eating disorders and in trauma.

In the Eating Disorders field, I have many years of training and experience from working 8 years in an Eating Disorders treatment center and treating many clients in my private practice. I have been working with teens, adults and their families for many many years.

For the trauma specialization, I studied Somatic Experiencing under SEI of Dr. Peter Levine for 3 years and became a SEP (Certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner).

I also studied EMDR therapy with an EMDRIA-approved EMDR teacher and therapist and TRM which is another form of treatment for trauma and or overwhelming experiences.

I work with clients who are teenagers and adults.

It depends if you want to have individual therapy, couples therapy, or family therapy; I treat all those units.

This can be a different answer from client to client.

With some clients, if we both feel that it will be beneficial for the client’s process to have family sessions in addition to individual sessions, then we can set it up.

In other cases, it may not be right for the client to have more than one unit of treatment with the same therapist.

It really depends on the relationship and level of trust between the client and the therapist and on the issue presented as well as the family dynamic.

Truly, each of us is different; but the therapy process is about you and not about the therapist.

The whole intention and time are for you to do the work that you need and want to do for yourself.

Like all relationships, sometimes we need to give it a bit of time to see if that is working for us. I think communicating about it along the way and being honest are the keys.

If it feels that I am not the right fit for you, then I will be happy to provide you with referrals to other providers.

You voice it, you share it with me, so we can explore, process it, and make the changes that are needed for you.

I will also check in with you about your thoughts regarding our work together.

Coffee for sure! Warm in the morning and cold later in the day in any weather.

I would be fall/winter – I love that time of the year, and there is something about winter that feels cozier and more exciting for me.