Services & Approach
Types of problems addressed:
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Psychological Trauma & PTSD
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Complex PTSD & Dissociation
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Developmental & Attachment Trauma
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Dissociative Identity Disorder
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Anxiety and Phobias
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ADHD & Neurodivergence
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Grief, Loss, and Life Transitions
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Depression
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Relationship Challenges
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Existential and Spiritual Concerns
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Negative Habits and Addictions
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Persistent Negative Life Patterns
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Coping with Chronic Pain and Illness
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Historical and Racial Trauma
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Environmental and Climate-Related Anxiety​
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Overall, goals are about reducing suffering,
integrating conflicting aspects of onself, strengthening one's core self and identity, experiencing greater freedom to live authentically, and finding greater acceptance, flexibility, and resilience along the way. Phil seeks to integrate neuroscience insights in counseling, incorporating insights from memory reconsolidation research, from positive psychology research, and from Dan Siegel's interpersonal neurobiology model.
​​Phil uses a holistic, strengths-based approach. He integrates relational psychodynamic, humanistic, and compassion-focused CBT modalities while also integrating insights from neuroscience, interpersonal neurobiology, positive psychology, sensorimotor psychology & yoga. Therapy might include “parts work,” drawing from ego-state therapy and Internal Family Systems (IFS). In general, Phil maintains a trauma-focused perspective drawing from the trauma-model of psychological distress, where trauma, loss, and stress are understood to be at the core of most psychological problems.
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Phil is certified in EMDR, clinical hypnosis, and in the treatment of complex trauma. He believes in the healing power of the natural world and animal companions. He seeks to maintain a safe, non-judgmental space, where his clients may tap into their internal resilience and innate capacity for healing
For those who like to know about a therapist's therapeutic orientation, Phil is eclectic, integrating strategies from humanistic, relational psychoanalytic, and mindfulnes-based modalities. Phil may draw from Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychoherapy (AEDP, Compassion-focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Ego State therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychoherapy (AEDP), Eriksonian hypnotherapy, EMDR, The Flash Technique, Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) and Brainspotting.
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