Merritt Stewart

Message to clients

Beginning therapy is both courageous and empowering. You are making an investment in yourself that will benefit your health, relationships, career, and overall sense of well-being. Do you wish to address specific problems and challenges or more long-standing concerns? Is it difficult to identify your needs, but only know that you want to feel better? You are not alone. We will work collaboratively to assess your needs and achieve your treatment goals.

I believe that successful therapy addresses both current symptoms and underlying causes. Our current moods, behaviors and functioning are the results of a combination of past experiences, genetics, and social/environmental stressors. By not examining or giving expression to our unique histories, we allow traumas to build up over time, resulting in negative thought patterns, self-destructive behaviors and emotional pain. Therapy can assist you with integrating your life experiences, by altering negative patterns of thinking and behavior, improving coping skills and reducing emotional distress.

I employ an integrative approach to treatment, adapting to the unique needs of each client. I believe that you are the expert on you and that therapy is a collaborative process. Oriented in trauma informed care, I utilize psychodynamic, family systems, strengths-based, interpersonal, relational, humanistic, and CBT modalities. I offer a safe, compassionate and judgement- free space for us to explore your concerns.