Psychotherapy and Coaching Practice
Joan Erskine, L.C.S.W
45 Plaza Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 718.398.6132
Individual Psychotherapy
Offers a unique method of helping people make the life changes they desire. Using the concept of Positive Intent, she helps people recognize how their behavior and coping styles are based on an initial positive intent – that is, ways they learned to survive when they were young. Those coping methods stop being effective because as adults, we have dozens of more powerful tools and inner resources. Joan helps people transform those old patterns into successful ways of coping and making the life changes they long for. The concept of Positive Intent is a powerful tool for change!
Joan’s unique style of working incorporates:
- Traditional talk psychotherapy
- Cognitive Behavioral therapy
- Positive Intent
- Visualization
- Coaching for specific goals
- Empathetic support
Couples Counseling
All couples want greater intimacy, passion and understanding. The goal is learning how to achieve this.
Joan helps couples learn:
- Communication skills
- How partners have different styles of emotional expression, thinking, language, and coping and how to use this knowledge to respect and cherish each other rather than devalue each other.
- How to see the Positive Intent behind your partner’s actions and feelings so as to create a powerful foundation for mutual understanding.
Parental Coaching Method (Family)
Every child needs to feel safe by connecting with you! Using the process of Positive Intent, you will find the original intent behind your child’s behavior. Sometime this original intent is camouflaged behind misbehavior, failing grades, sibling conflict, fighting, lying, secrecy, and even hostility towards you. Understanding the Positive Intent beneath, combined with the powerful tools and information provided, produces a positive and more loving dynamic between you and your child. Your child’s natural desire to feel safe and loved will transform into positive and effective behavior. The concept of Positive Intent is powerful and produces incredible results. If you’re considering therapy for your child, the Parental Coaching Method is frequently enough to resolve the difficulties.
Please feel free to contact me if you would like help with life’s inevitable stresses:
- Increase self esteem.
- Improve health, assisting your body’s natural effort to heal.
- Reduce depression, fear and anxiety.
- Develop healthy ways for Weight Reduction.
- Attain business success.
- Begin and complete a writing project or any other endeavor you desire.
- Improve dating confidence and find a relationship.
- Improve your marriage and enjoy greater sexual intimacy and passion.
- Improve parenting skills and increase your child’s self-esteem.
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In my Park Slope, Brooklyn office, I welcome you to contact me if you would like more information about Psychotherapy, Couples Counseling, Parental Coaching Method, and supervision. |
