Susan Willett LMFT

In your first session, we will explore what brought you to therapy. Together we will set clear, specific goals that can help you measure your progress. I believe that you, the patient, has an inner wisdom that together we can tap into. Using this strength/patient centered approach, we will move you forward to your goals - and towards hope.

I look at things systemically, the system you grew up in in your family, your culture, town, state and country, even your church community or extra-curricular community where applicable. These are the building blocks to your values - the hows and whys of the ways you act and react out in the world. Why do we do what we do? How can we change it? How did I end up here...again!? I like to take a 2-pronged approach. How do we deal with it when it happens? And how can we learn to see it coming - so as to mitigate it? Using talk therapy (to identify the problems) cognitive behavioral therapy (to gain tools to improve your mood and reactivity) and mindfulness (to train ourselves to stay in the 'here and now') we can engage in proven techniques to reduce the severity, frequency and length of your distress, and further engage in improved relationships and life satisfaction. You want a life congruent with your own values, hopes and dreams. We help you identify that, and move you towards that.

• California, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, 121904