Viana Behavioral Health & Wellness

Your life experiences are powerful and, at times, they can also be painful.  I believe it is vital to listen to you about your current difficulties and also to consider early relationships with caregivers and experiences in childhood. These relationships and experiences create a framework through which one organizes their expectations about how others will view them, whether or not others will fulfill their needs, how they view themselves, and their beliefs about the world. Further, it is often through these relationships that we learn how to react to new relationship opportunities.

 

The therapeutic relationship can produce powerful changes. Through  our therapeutic relationship, I can better understand what expectations you might hold and the interpersonal patterns and behaviors these expectations may create. The therapeutic relationship also provides a place for experiential relearning through which people can alter their perceptions of relationships and their expectations of how others will treat them. This relearning can lead to changes in thinking and in behavior that permit people to interact with others in a more adaptive manner.

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I work most effectively through integrating attachment theory with attention to the interpersonal process and using behavioral therapy, CBT, and mindfulness techniques, as tools to promote change. Because each person carries their own history, everyone's needs are different. Listening to and learning about your story helps me to better understand how to collaborate with you to help meet your needs and implement desired changes in your life effectively. We will work together to better understand how past experiences may be impacting the present, how current stressors might be affecting you, and what might be helpful for a brighter future.