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My Approach
What's the secret to effective psychotherapy?
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The secret is there is no secret. There is no perfect therapy, no perfect client, and certainly no perfect therapist. Two things matter most in therapy: a caring, trusting relationship between client and therapist and a course of therapy that is likely to work. That's it.
Perhaps the secret is having a therapist who knows the lay of the land and who can help a client travel their chosen road, arising from the valleys and climbing the peaks chosen by the client.
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Ascend Therapy Nashville was founded with the idea that every client deserves access to highly effective treatment in a warm, healthy, and inclusive environment in which they are valued.
I possess advanced trained in and have substantial experience with a variety of evidence-based forms of psychotherapy, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, and Prolonged Exposure therapy.
I strongly believe in offering therapy that has been shown to work. Otherwise, quite honestly, what's the point? You want things to change, and I want them to change in the ways you've identified.
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When it comes to therapists, it's not enough to be a nice person with good intentions, and it's also not enough to offer effective forms of psychotherapy. What's needed is a kind of fusion, where therapist and client come together to forge a new and more fulfilling path for the client.