Teamwork – In psychotherapy you and the psychotherapist work together in a collaborative effort. A commitment on both parts is essential. While you are the expert of your own life, psychotherapists listen and provide you with tools to achieve your goals. 

Access to health care – I believe money should not prevent anyone from receiving health care. I try to keep my rates affordable, so you’ll find that my fees don’t correspond with what is typically charged for the level of expertise offered. Still, I understand every circumstance is different and psychotherapy usually means (at the least) a weekly expense, so I am open to hearing your needs and what you are able to afford. Don’t let the financial aspect limit you. Let’s talk.  

Transparency – Long-lasting internal change happens over time. There are no magical solutions. Psychotherapy is work and it is a process that requires your active presence. 

Respect – No healthy relationship exists without it. Actions speak lauder than words.  

Growth – All people have the potential to change and improve.  Start by recognizing and harnessing your personal strengths so that the real work can start. You may not know it, but you have your own strengths! Everyone does. 

Autonomy – If we consider psychotherapy as a learning process to free ourselves from self-imposed constraints, don’t you think that a process that helps a person move towards self-emancipation can’t be coercive? I believe that it is the therapist duty to assist the client on achieving his goals and enhance his freedom of choice in life; to help him move towards personal autonomy by giving him tools that promote self-reflection and self-directed change.  

Nature – Nature is our primary source of wellness; it is human’s best teacher, and essential to our life.  Research in this area is bringing new ways to work to improve our mental health that are very promising. 

Body-mind (whole person approach) – Body and mind still tend to be dissociated. However, as human beings we are shaped by both, we need both, we suffer and enjoy from both. Integrating and experiencing body and mind would enrich our experiences and help us to solve some of the issues affecting our functioning. Many times, our body give us signals and tell us about some emotional conflict. Paying attention to this can open up channels to work through the problem. I consider what your body is expressing as part of our work. Sometimes your body signals will tell us a lot that can’t still be accessed through words. 

May the force be with you