Compassionate Psychological Services

What I can help with

My approach is flexible and adapts to best meet your needs, while carefully and intentionally drawing from evidence-based interventions and best practices. I help clients to understand themselves deeper, feel/process their emotions, and confidently move forward toward creating change in their lives. While I am able to assist clients experiencing a wide range of concerns, the concerns I work with most often and specialize in include the following:

• Anxiety

  Worry that won’t switch off, panic, and the avoidance that slowly shrinks your life.

• Depression and low mood

  Helping you process the deep and dark thoughts and feelings, so that we can help you find the light again

• ADHD and focus

  Helping you increase your focus/attention, organization, initiation, and self-regulation

• Self-esteem

  Quieting the inner critic and building a steadier sense of who you are.

• Motivation

  Getting unstuck, developing confidence, and taking action

• Life Transitions & Identity

  Helping you explore who you are, identify what matters most, and chart your path.

• Sports Psychology & Mental Toughness

  Preparing you to perform and helping you be resilient in the face of adversity, setbacks, and challenges

• Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT)

  Understand and change the negative patterns you fall into so that you can learn to be more flexible, become more responsive to each other’s needs, and reconnect

Don’t see your primary concern in this list? Please feel free to reach out for a free consultation to see how I might be able to assist.

How it starts

1. Reach out

   Feel free to connect with me via email at Stephen@sillspsychology.com or book a free 20-minute consultation to discuss what your hopes and needs are. This helps me learn a little bit about what you are looking for and helps us determine if we are a good fit.

2. A first conversation

   The first session is about understanding and exploring your world. I will ask questions so that I can better understand your situation, your worldview, and the various historical and contextual factors that contribute to your situation. We will start to develop rapport that helps you feel safe digging deeper.

3. The work

   We will outline and begin a plan for helping you create the changes that you want to see. We will adapt the session frequency and focus as-needed, and work on helping you feel empowered, confident, and compassionate as you begin to approach the distressing parts of your life.

Free resources to use between sessions

Built for this practice; free for anyone. Use them on your own or with someone you’re supporting.

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