Garrett Graves (he/him)

In life, what gives you purpose? Value? Meaning? Most people have no idea how to answer those questions but the reality is that our answers to these questions are what drive us in life. Wouldn't it be nice to know what motivates you to do the things you do? To be able to make intentional choices that are within your values instead of asking yourself, "Why do I keep doing this?" or "Why can't I just do that?!" Learning how to obtain (healthy) Self-Esteem can change your life.

"Have kids", they said. "It'll be fun", they said. "It's the miracle of life!", they said. Yet, you find yourself deeply discouraged, exhausted... always, and frustrated beyond what you thought was humanly conceivable. What if there's another way you haven't tried yet that actually works. The bad news? It's hard. The good news? It ACTUALLY WORKS and IT'S WORTH IT! Talk with me and let's make parenting less punishing, more practical, and really enjoyable!

I love working with anxiety! The great thing about anxiety is that we can manage it, we don't have to eliminate it, and we can relearn how to use it in a way that's actually helpful! For most that struggle with anxiety, it's like a constant war within ourselves. That's zero fun and incredibly aggravating. In my work with client's I help them understand what they fear, learn to address it new ways that aren't so terrifying, and learn how to use their automatic responses to their benefit!

Talk therapy just doesn't seem to cut it with children so they require a mode of communication and expression on their developmental level. I learned Play Therapy at Stetson University where I now teach it as a professor and use it daily in my private practice. Play is a child's natural language and toys, paint brushes, and crayons are their words. This is a well researched and evidenced based approach to treatment that allows children, and their caregivers, to be supported.

Some think that Expressive Arts are only for "Artsy" people or children but this couldn't be further from the truth! In my work with adults (engineers, priests, musicians, data analysts, and more) expressive arts approaches like sand tray therapy techniques, collage, painting, drawing, and more have helped people have epiphanies that they never experienced in traditional talk therapy (which is great btw!). By exploring the mind in a different way, we can unlock things hidden from ourselves!

CBT has, for decades, been one of the "go to" methods of intervention because of the breath of research supporting it and because, well it seems to work for a lot of people! It has a tremendous way of making the complicated, simple. The impossible, feasible. And the "I'll never recover", to "I can't believe I'm doing it!". As I work with people to learn their Negative Core Beliefs and focus in on the genuine, positive traits people can begin to come back to life.