Timothy Rentz Psychologist

It can be scary to start counseling, but I'll do my best to help you feel comfortable and to have a collaborative relationship with you. Your counseling will begin with an assessment of your concerns, development of specific goals for the changes you would like to make, and a plan to help you get there. Your plan will involve a limited number of weekly sessions, between-session practice of therapeutic activities, and regular reassessment of progress. I have found that most clients can meet their goals in 3-6 months if they follow their plan consistently.

I use evidence-based therapeutic approaches but I'm not limited to one way of doing things and I remain open minded and flexible with the techniques I recommend. I primarily use cognitive-behavioral methods, but I also employ elements from psychodynamic, schema therapy, DBT and other approaches. The elements of each clients plan depend on the clients needs. I have found that one hour of counseling per week is usually not enough by itself to make significant changes and that a few hours practicing key activities during the week is essential to making progress. I believe that this practice can be effective at retraining the way your brain reacts to thoughts, feelings and situations.

• Alabama, Psychologist, 38119