Allyson is gifted at understanding how to help couples and individuals figure out where they are stuck and move forward. Specializing in the change process she offers her clients a new way to experience a relationship with self, other, and world. Her style is compassionate and straightforward getting to the issues in a productive effective way which allows clients to benefit from the work from day one.
Allyson brings a positive and hopeful perspective to the hard work that brings about lasting change. Her clients leave feeling and seeing that change is possible for anyone at any stage of life. As well as being the Mother of four youg adults, I have a Masters in Existential Phenomenological Psychology from Seattle University and a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis in Community Psychology from the University of Washington.
Additional training and certifications in Psychotherapy: Positive Neuroplasticity from Dr. Rick Hanson; Mindnsight Immersion Certification from Dr. Daniel J. Siegel; The Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Immersion Course from Dr. Diana Fosha; Power of Mindfulness Workshop from Dr. Ronald Siegel; Wired for Love by Dr. Stan Tatkin; Emotionally Focused Therapy courses by ICEFFT.
Allyson brings a positive and hopeful perspective to the hard work that brings about lasting change. Her clients leave feeling and seeing that change is possible for anyone at any stage of life. As well as being the Mother of four youg adults, I have a Masters in Existential Phenomenological Psychology from Seattle University and a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis in Community Psychology from the University of Washington.
Additional training and certifications in Psychotherapy: Positive Neuroplasticity from Dr. Rick Hanson; Mindnsight Immersion Certification from Dr. Daniel J. Siegel; The Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Immersion Course from Dr. Diana Fosha; Power of Mindfulness Workshop from Dr. Ronald Siegel; Wired for Love by Dr. Stan Tatkin; Emotionally Focused Therapy courses by ICEFFT.
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Simply put, psychotherapy is talk therapy.
The therapist and the client form a relationship that is built on safety and trust, which allows the client to unpack the stories of their life and begin to understand how things came to be as they are, today, in everyday life.
Talk therapy gives the client and the therapist an opportunity to make sense of problematic relational patterns such as roadblocks in relationships, personal growth, career issues, as well as problems with anxiety, depression, anger, and other behaviors that seem out of place and unwanted.
The therapist and the client form a relationship that is built on safety and trust, which allows the client to unpack the stories of their life and begin to understand how things came to be as they are, today, in everyday life.
Talk therapy gives the client and the therapist an opportunity to make sense of problematic relational patterns such as roadblocks in relationships, personal growth, career issues, as well as problems with anxiety, depression, anger, and other behaviors that seem out of place and unwanted.
We all have the potential to build a better marriage relationship, this happens through building up our basic capabilities and skills through interpersonal communication and growing our capacity to be engaged in a meaningful intimate relationship to our chosen partner.
When both partners intentionally put their effort towards this kind of growth, success is inevitable.
The couple bubble is an emotional space surrounding the couple that protects the relationship.
It is a space where partners feel loved.
When both partners intentionally put their effort towards this kind of growth, success is inevitable.
The couple bubble is an emotional space surrounding the couple that protects the relationship.
It is a space where partners feel loved.
Each person develops a complex network of memories, emotions, and beliefs that shape the present and future attachment behavior.
It is no accident that of all the possible people to choose from, often the person we select to become the center of our world turns out to have an uncanny resemblance to a person who raised us.
We recreate, in our intimate bonds, patterns of interaction that were scripted in our relationships with our primary caregiver(s), whether good or bad.
These interactional patterns, once wired to the brain, tend to recreate themselves in each subsequent relationship throughout our life.
It is no accident that of all the possible people to choose from, often the person we select to become the center of our world turns out to have an uncanny resemblance to a person who raised us.
We recreate, in our intimate bonds, patterns of interaction that were scripted in our relationships with our primary caregiver(s), whether good or bad.
These interactional patterns, once wired to the brain, tend to recreate themselves in each subsequent relationship throughout our life.
Premarital counseling is focused on educating the couple on how to maintain good love over a lifetime.
Sustainable love which occurs in committed long term relationships is based on healthy non-defensive interaction between partners.
Healthy love is evident when there is a willingness to meet and respond to the needs of your partner in a don-defensive and non-reactive way.
Love feels good when it comes from a healthy connection between partners.
Love feels good when it is mutual and reciprocal, with a back and forth exchange between the participants.
Sustainable love which occurs in committed long term relationships is based on healthy non-defensive interaction between partners.
Healthy love is evident when there is a willingness to meet and respond to the needs of your partner in a don-defensive and non-reactive way.
Love feels good when it comes from a healthy connection between partners.
Love feels good when it is mutual and reciprocal, with a back and forth exchange between the participants.
I personally tried different psychotherapist and was nowhere.
From the 1st session with Allyson, she managed to find out what's the problem and untwined it for me.
I highly recommend her services to anyone.
Let me start out by saying Allyson is the best psychotherapist I've ever seen.
I've been to many different counselors and psychologist and none of them have been able to really nail the problem as Allyson has.
To show up means we're both walking [and] acknowledging the issues.
WE all need help, structure, a plan to improve and carry onward and upward with our marriage.
From the 1st session with Allyson, she managed to find out what's the problem and untwined it for me.
I highly recommend her services to anyone.
Let me start out by saying Allyson is the best psychotherapist I've ever seen.
I've been to many different counselors and psychologist and none of them have been able to really nail the problem as Allyson has.
To show up means we're both walking [and] acknowledging the issues.
WE all need help, structure, a plan to improve and carry onward and upward with our marriage.
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