Adena Hassan LMFT

You can expect to learn a lot of new skills and ways of interacting, doing, and thinking. Think of it as a crash course on helpful ways to supplement your "life's toolbox"! I am just offering more tools for you to use. I start slow and get to know you as a person, first and foremost, but then slowly introduce these helpful tools and together we can practice applying them to your life to get the results you are looking for. I am hoping that through finding the right skills and tools we can help apply them to your life and solve the problems that you want to work on. If working with families, we need to lay out some ground rules first to make sure everyone feels safe and heard in sessions altogether.

I work from a Humanistic perspective of person-centered, person- first therapy. I encourage authenticity and new experiences in every session, and allow for a space to feel safe, heard, and seen. I use a lot of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy skills as seen fit with the client, but we don't have to go this route if this is not your style. I respond to your feedback for what works best for you and we can go from there. You are the expert of your life! I will adjust accordingly. I use a lot of family systems approaches and interventions as deemed appropriate. I incorporate a lot of experiential work, so we will practice skills in session a lot and use fun, creative techniques to move through stuck points!

• California, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, 138004