Forming New Connections & Healthy Perspectives

Do you feel stuck no matter how hard you try to move past old wounds? Are you feeling disconnected, disorganized and dysregulated? Let’s work on healing our old wounds by addressing your inner child parts through a whole-body approach. The bottom-up approach focuses specifically on the nervous system and targets memories and parts of self creating roadblocks. My focus is to establish connection between your wisest self & the most wounded parts, to form a strong internal alliance that is compassionate and understanding.

Rene Gallardo, LCSW, EMDR Certified Therapist Consultant in Training (He/Him)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker, 100655

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Lets look at this picture for instance. A person may see this place as scary & lonely while another may see peace & tranquility. A perspective can be influenced by negative experiences but it can also be formed through new realizations of self, others, things & places.

Treatment Modalities

  • Eye-Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)

    Bi-lateral stimulation (eye movement) opens memory channels connected with past trauma and helps reduce the intensity and emotional charge presented unconsciously, making it difficult to move forward. EMDR helps the client process disturbing memories to ensure proper understanding and integration, for a better functioning and sense of self.

  • Brainspotting

    “Where you look affects how you feel” Our field of vision is connected to parts of the brain that help process trauma and difficult experiences. BSP uses attention and focus to access associative channels that helps alleviate the intensity of memories, symptoms and behaviors.

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

    Treatment focuses on challenging negative and automatic thoughts, cognitive distortions and irrational beliefs to improve overall functioning and mood. If you can change the way you think or interpret a situation, then you can experience adaptive moods and behaviors.

  • Solution- Focused Therapy

    Brief intervention that focuses on empowering client driven solutions. The strength-based modality draws from client internal resources to develop actions geared towards the present and future, rather then on the problem itself.

Specialties

  • Populations & Age Groups

    • Adults

    • College Students

    • Young Professionals

    • LGBTQ Affirming

    • Men’s Issues

  • Presenting Issues

    • Anxiety & Panic

    • Depression & Trauma

    • Intergenerational Issues

    • Work/School Stress

    • Coping & Life Management

    • Anger, Masculinity & Fatherhood

      *Trauma-Informed Therapist

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Mission:

To create a welcoming, warm and caring environment that will contribute to emotional growth, self-efficiency, and ability to manage adequately using your internal & external resources and supports.