10 Things to Know About Me

Hello, and welcome to my website! I know that looking for a therapist is an interesting and overwhelming journey. So, I thought I would write this post so that you get to learn a little bit about me before you decide to contact me for therapy. 

Here Are Ten Things to Know About Me:

1. I was born in Ukraine, and moved to America when I was a teenager. Being cross-cultural allows me to see how cultural issues can impact a person’s life and relationships.

2. I am an animal lover. I have two cats named Boo and Ash, and I have a dog whose name is Romeo.

3. I am a wife and a mother. My family is extremely important to me.

4. I strongly believe that all therapists need to continuously work through their own issues (past and current) so that they do not impact their therapeutic work with clients.

5. I became a couples therapist to try to understand and fix other people’s relationships. However, I ended up using my knowledge and clinical experience to better understand myself and my relationships, and to work on improving them. I ended up using my knowledge to begin the journey of reparenting myself to live a better and a more fulfilling life. This personal work allows me to be a therapist who really gets it.

6. I enjoy creating educational therapy content on Instagram and TikTok.

7. I am trained in levels 1 and 2 of the Relational Life Therapy model. It is a specific therapeutic model used to work with couples. However, it can also be used in individual therapy. I am on track to become fully certified in this model, which spends extensive time on allowing partners heal their inner children in the presence of each other in therapy.

8. I am not a traditional type of therapist who will play the role of a mother to her client. I do not play the role of a crutch or bandaid. I take the role of a companion; someone who is honest, raw, empathetic, and not afraid to point out things that are ruining the client’s happiness.

9. I regularly take professional trainings to improve my expertise and knowledge. It is important to me to evolve into a better therapist.

10. I am just as human as my clients. I make mistakes, and I model how I take responsibility for them. We are all imperfect human beings who are trying to learn to live a better life.

If you feel like these ten things bring you a little closer to feeling that we can be a good fit for therapy, please contact me today!