Areas of Expertise
Person Centered Humanistic Therapy
Based on the groundbreaking work of Carl Rogers, Peta provides therapy that centers the client as the expert in their life and lived experience. With understanding and mutual respect, Peta seeks to help her clients build greater self-awareness, self-compassion and coping strategies that have enabled her clients to lead a more content, peaceful, and balanced life. Peta's approach has been best described as respectful, understanding, and offering real life solutions and strategies.
LGBTQ+ & Gender Affirming Care
Peta seeks to help clients counter the potentially negative effects of narratives in contemporary American society and provide her clients with a safe space to develop an authentic sense of self and live their lives to the fullest as their real selves. Peta is committed to upholding the dignity of LGBTQ+ clients and the fundamental truth of trans clients' unique identities.
Mindfulness
Peta is a strong believer in the power of self-awareness and self-compassion. It is by being present in the moment, being aware of ourselves, our emotions and our thoughts, that we can better understand ourselves. Through better understanding, we can create the changes in our lives to make life more content, peaceful and balanced.
My Approach
"My focus is on you, the client. I work by helping my clients create meaning, self-awareness, identify strengths, create change, distance themselves from problems in their lives, and develop more suitable coping strategies. Oftentimes mental health problems are best thought of as coping strategies people have developed to deal with the stressful environments they encounter. In other instances what is thought of as a pathology is better understood as neuro-divergence - a natural outcome of the great inherent diversity of human beings. I believe that by understanding each other and ourselves we can improve our relationship with ourselves and the world around to make life more livable.
I draw on several modalities, including Narrative Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Person Centered Humanistic Therapy and Mindfulness. Depending on the client and their circumstances, I combine the above and other modalities to best address the challenges and goals of each individual client.
My clients' privacy is a top concern of mine, and my clients can rest assured that what they tell me is confidential, as laid out by the ethics guidelines of the American Counseling Association. I aim to abide by the highest ethical standards to provide the best care and experience for my clients as possible."
- Peta C. Brendel
