Lizzie Sweeney, LMFT
I believe our lives are multistoried and we can all benefit from a dedicated safe space to tell these stories.We can work together to reauthor the unhelpful stories we tell ourselves and seek an alternative story without blame, shame and judgement.Please contact me at 603-583-4621, or hit the button below.
"Daring greatly means the courage to be vulnerable. It means to show up and be seen. To ask for what you need. To talk about how you are feeling.
To have hard conversations".
─ Brenè Brown
Background
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I graduated with a Masters of Science from Umass Boston and am a licensed marriage and family therapist. I started my career in community-based settings working with children and families in crisis. This often included collaboration with larger systems including hospitals, schools, and legal organizations.
I have since found my passion working with those who are grieving a loved one, and have developed a speciality in infertility counseling as well as pregnancy and infant loss.
I am trained in a variety of models, and operate from a Narrative world view. Narrative therapy works to separate a person from their problem and recognizes that people have skills and expertise that can help guide change in their lives.
I make every effort to use my skills, knowledge and humor to develop connection and promote self compassion.
About me
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As a curious and reflective therapist, I work to invite individuals and couples to make their hopes, values, and intentions more visible.
I hold space for the many ways depression, anxiety, and grief show up in our lives and collaborate with clients to identify strength and skills in order to improve thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
In my personal and professional experience, I have learned the importance of whole person wellness and recognize complexities women face in this ongoing pursuit.
I have extensive experience working with women and couples who have experienced infertility, pregnancy, and infant loss, and am committed to be an advocate for those in this community.
I am trained in a variety of models, and operate from a Narrative world view.
Currently accepting new clients. Couples and women ages 14-55.
Issues Treated
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→ Couples Repair and Strengthening
→ Infertility
→ Pregnancy and Infant Loss
→ General Grief and Loss
→ Trauma Work
→ Depression
→ Anxiety
→ ADHD
→ Adjustment Issues
→ Life Transitions
Treatment Orientation
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Gottman Method
Gottman Method is a research based intervention developed by Dr. John and Julie Gottman
The goals of Gottman Method Couples Therapy are to disarm conflicting verbal communication; increase intimacy, respect, and affection; remove barriers that create a feeling of stagnancy; and create a heightened sense of empathy and understanding within the context of the relationship.
Narrative Therapy
Narrative therapy is a form of counseling that views people as separate from their problems.
This allows clients to get some distance from the issue to see how it might actually be helping them, or protecting them, more than it is hurting them. With this new perspective, individuals feel more empowered to make changes in their thought patterns and behavior and “rewrite” their life story for a future that reflects who they are, what they are capable of, and what their purpose is, separate from their problems.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) provides clients with new skills to manage painful emotions and decrease conflict in relationships.
DBT specifically focuses on providing therapeutic skills in four key areas.
- Mindfulness focuses on improving an individual's ability to accept and be present in the current moment.
- Distress tolerance is geared toward increasing a person’s tolerance of negative emotion, rather than trying to escape from it.
- Third, emotion regulation covers strategies to manage and change intense emotions that are causing problems in a person’s life.
- Fourth, interpersonal effectiveness consists of techniques that allow a person to communicate with others in a way that is assertive, maintains self-respect, and strengthens relationships.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a short-term form of psychotherapy directed at present-time issues and based on the idea that the way an individual thinks and feels affects the way he or she behaves. The focus is on problem solving, and the goal is to change clients' thought patterns in order to change their responses to difficult situations. A CBT approach can be applied to a wide range of mental health issues and conditions.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is an action-oriented approach to psychotherapy that stems from traditional behavior therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. Clients learn to stop avoiding, denying, and struggling with their inner emotions and, instead, accept that these deeper feelings are appropriate responses to certain situations that should not prevent them from moving forward in their lives.
With this understanding, clients begin to accept their issues and hardships and commit to making necessary changes in their behavior, regardless of what is going on in their lives, and how they feel about it.
Contact Me
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Call or send me an email using the form below.
✆ 603-583-4621
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