Approach - Darcie Brown Wellness

My style as a therapist

I take an integrative and collaborative approach that honors the unique story of every client. I seek to highlight untapped strengths and access inner resilience.

I view mental health symptoms through a holistic lens. With the backing of my Integrative Mental Health certification, I provide clients with lifestyle and mind-body tools, in addition to traditional therapy approaches, to support whole self healing.

I believe that the client-therapist relationship is the most vital component of successful therapy and prioritize building rapport and trust in the initial sessions.

I show up as my authentic self with the intention of making the virtual therapy room a place of warmth, safety, and comfort. My hope is that you leave every session feeling cared for.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) (learn more about EMDR here)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Narrative Therapy
Person-Centered Therapy
Mindfulness and Somatic Practices
Integrative Health Practices

I'm often asked...

If my degree in Marital and Family Therapy means that I only see married couples and families. The simple answer is no.

The essence of this degree is in the greater system that all humans are part of. Everyone has a past, a network of people (both personally and professionally), and a society and community in which they are part of.

As an MFT, I believe in the importance of considering how all of these factors influence my client and impact their present functioning.

What therapy with me looks like

As your therapist, I will...

• Engage with you in session.

• Provide feedback.

• Encourage you to “go inward” and lean into discomfort.

• Listen to understand you.

• Respect your inner wisdom.

• Challenge you when appropriate.

• Hold space for whatever you are presently feeling.

• Support and guide you in coming to your own answers and healing.

• Provide an authentic, warm, compassionate, and non-judgmental environment.

As your therapist, I will not...

• Do the work for you.

• Assume to know you.

• Make decisions for you.

• Tell you to change.

• Sit in silence and stare at you.

• Only ask “How does that make you feel?”

What to expect

To start

• 15-minute (free) phone consultation to evaluate your needs and our fit.

Then

• 50 (or 75, if you prefer) minute initial assessment session.

• Regular sessions, determined jointly to meet your needs and goals.

• Personalized and collaboratively designed treatment plan including creation of goals for therapy.

Along the way

• Homework in-between sessions (if appropriate).

• Routine check-ins to assess progress and gain feedback on how my style, pacing, and direction toward your goals is working for you.

Later

• Launch you into the world to continue the lifelong process of self development utilizing newly gained tools, strategies, insights, and your own inner wisdom as your guide.

Down the road

• Being there to reinitiate therapy if the needs arises.