Vallen is a Graduate School Intern from Adler University in Chicago. Populations she has experience with include: families, perinatal including postpartum and baby loss, children, couples
She believes therapy is a great first step because it can help create a plan to start implementing little changes to improve the everyday quality of your life. Therapy is a pillar you can lean on to support you when your not quite sure what to do, where to go or who to ask for help. She believes in continuity for care and understands therapy is often utilized throughout life and not just for long periods of time. She will be there for you when you are ready to come back or need more support.
She utilizes an integrative approach which means she uses many different theories to help support you. She uses solution focused therapies which helps you to get creative in solving life’s everyday problems with a partner by your side. She also uses CBT, existential, feminist, person-centered and Adlerian theories depending on what you are working on.
She knows one size fits all is not how life works and believes every single person needs something different. She is kind, supportive, non-judgmental and believes everyone is capable of creating the life they want to be living, but we can’t get here alone.