PHILOSOPHY

Just exploring therapy is brave. Therapy is a deeply personal endeavor. Making the decision to work on yourself can be daunting. Dr. Tera provides a space to meet you where you are at with the ability to utilize a wealth of expertise in mental health treatment to provide compassionate care tailored to your needs. Dr. Tera creates an accepting and inclusive environment for all clients, including those in the LGBTQIA+ community.

Mental Health, Mental Wellness, Anxiety, coping tools, hope, freedom from fear, therapy works

There are literally hundreds of therapy approaches and many clinicians telling people that theirs is the “right one.” Dr. Tera has a foundation in multiple empirically-supported treatment modalities and relies most heavily on a combination of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Somatic Approaches, Applied Neuroscience, and Modern Psychodynamic Therapy depending on your individualized needs.

Yet, there is robust research on therapy outcomes indicating that understanding that process-based thinking about therapeutic progress and skill in “common factors” likely relate to relatively equal outcomes across therapeutic approaches. Common factors that have an important impact on the success of therapy include an alliance between therapist and client, empathy, whether expectation for growth exists, cultural adaptations of the work to fit the client’s unique background and needs, genuineness, and mentalization.

Another primary factor relating to therapy outcome refers back to “client factors” related to engagement in therapy and willingness to self examine and make changes that result from the insights and work in therapy. Facing uncomfortable thoughts, emotions, sensations, and patterns is an important part of the therapeutic process to help you move toward a values-driven life.

Goodness of fit between therapist and client is critical. That’s why Dr. Tera offers 15 minute discovery calls so you can get a feel for whether she is the right therapist for you and she can assess whether your needs are within the scope of her practice and appropriate for telehealth intervention.