First a note about the name.

Better Is The End is a shortened version of a line from the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 7 verse 8, “Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; the patient in spirit are better than the proud in spirit.”

I am not a Christian Counselor! However, if you think that will be important to your time I can very easily incorporate it into our work together.

The first part in particular speaks to me in a layered way.

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning. Starting going to therapy is the end of not going to therapy. Ending therapy (hopefully with all goals met!) is better than starting therapy.

Over the past 13 years I’ve developed a perspective on therapy that I can distill down into two distinct ideas, “you are enough,” and “let’s do better.”  These are so central to me that I actually have each phrase tattooed on my forearms for my own personal reminder.

“you are enough”.  Simply by existing you are enough There’s no reason to be any better, no one can make you feel like you aren’t.  Therapy can be a valuable resource to accept that for oneself.

“let’s do better”.  Growth and change are natural parts of life, in fact it’s one of the things that makes us alive.  Therapy can assist during those times of growth and change that may be scary and provide uncertainty.

Now the skills.  I have training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Mindfulness, and the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (integrating child brain development into the understanding of current functioning).