Kathleen Bender

Individuals often feel stuck as they move into and through life transitions. I work with clients to accept the facts of the presenting situation, looking at their expectations and motivations, then we decide what might need to change. I offer ongoing education for life changes, an understanding of the stages of human growth and development, and how each cognitive process of thinking, feeling, intuition and sensation affects the individual. I work with clients in one of three ways: Brief, or solution-focused therapy for people accessing their EAP benefits. Short-term work is guided by psychological type. A psychoanalytic method, informed by Jungian thought, guides the long-term work, to discovery unconscious material. Dreams and expressive arts techniques illuminate these areas. Clients benefit when they gain different perspectives. For those interested, I encourage outside work be brought into the sessions, allowing deeper meaning to unfold. I am a member of the International Association of Expressive Arts Therapy and a practicing artist.