Hi, My name is Crystal Duncan and I'm a psychotherapist in Solana Beach, CA. I work with individuals, couples, adolescents, groups, and provide support to other therapists as well. If you're considering therapy you might be feeling stuck, or wondering why life is not more manageable, maybe you are even in crisis.
First of all, You're not alone, we all have adversity in life and struggle in various ways. Sometimes the struggle is beyond our skills and capacity to tolerate alone, or maybe friends and family are unsure how to be of support. Therapy is a powerful way to get support in your healing, learn more about yourself, obtain new more healthy ways to cope, and strengthen your relationships with yourself and others.
First of all, You're not alone, we all have adversity in life and struggle in various ways. Sometimes the struggle is beyond our skills and capacity to tolerate alone, or maybe friends and family are unsure how to be of support. Therapy is a powerful way to get support in your healing, learn more about yourself, obtain new more healthy ways to cope, and strengthen your relationships with yourself and others.
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Are you struggling to connect to others, do you feel lost and alone, or are unsure how to maintain effective relationships? Do you find it hard to manage your emotions, either keeping them stuffed inside or lashing out without any sense of control? Do you have deep rooted secrets that you are ashamed to share such as abuse, neglect, or trauma of any sort that keeps you locked in silence?
The Daring Way is a highly experiential methodology based on the research of Dr. Brene Brown. The method was designed for work with individuals, couples, families, work teams, and organizational leaders. It can be facilitated in clinical, educational, and professional settings. This methodology becomes intertwined with all techniques I use to benefit my clients.
The Daring Way method is based on the research of Brene Brown, Ph. D. LMSW. Dr. Brene Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past fifteen years studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness, empathy and shame. Her groundbreaking research has been featured on PBS, NPR, CNN, and Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul Sunday.
Stan Tatkin- Creator of PACT. I am a PACT level 1 certified couples therapist. PACT is a modality that is rooted in neuroscience, the study of the human brain. The second is attachment theory, which explains the biological need to bond with others. And the third area is the biology of human arousal-meaning the moment-to-moment ability to manage one's energy, alertness, and readiness to engage.
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Debbie Duncan Harper
Nov 16, 2019
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Kylie Slavik
May 04, 2017
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There aren't words to express the depth and breadth of the work that Crystal and I have done together over the past few years. After a lifetime of spiritual seeking and seeking healing from complex trauma in childhood and beyond, Crystal taught me it wasn't to be found in any of the places I was looking but that I would find it when I could slow… down enough, become vulnerable enough, become enough of myself again to truly connect with myself and others. The quality of my recovery from addiction, complex trauma, abuse and domestic violence has been unparalleled... and I have tried everything
