I help individuals work on life issues tied to anxiety and depression, relationship difficulties, stress symptoms tied to childhood trauma, and families struggling with behavioral challenges. I teach communication skills that help with difficult relationships. I lead groups that provide a safe environment to help heal emotional pain and teach new ways of relating to others.
I employ many approaches in psychotherapy, including psychodynamic, gestalt, somatic experiencing, EMDR, Pesso-Boyden and cognitive behavioral. I offer testing and assessment for ADHD, PTSD and relational attachment issues.
I employ many approaches in psychotherapy, including psychodynamic, gestalt, somatic experiencing, EMDR, Pesso-Boyden and cognitive behavioral. I offer testing and assessment for ADHD, PTSD and relational attachment issues.
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Trauma can result from external events like an auto accident, natural disaster or loss of a loved one. More subtly, it can occur due to witnessing domestic violence or from poor attachment experiences as a child. Emotional, physical or sexual abuse can cause trauma as well as war experiences and medical surgery.
The goal of Mind Body psychotherapies is to blend traditional talk therapy with the engagement of an individual's posture, gesture, and micro-movement processes of the body. Pesso Boyden Psychomotor Systems: Provides a time and space for "structures", a symbolic reenactment procedure that uses the resources of the body, mind and soul to fulfill innate needs.
I use many approaches in psychotherapy, including psychodynamic, gestalt, cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused and family systems. This is because they each have useful principles and tools. If you are curious about these approaches, then you can read my brief effort at describing them below.
Psychodynamic Perspective helps me invite individuals to experience how they feel about something and then track the possible anxiety or defenses that can arise to try to prevent them from sensing their feelings.
Psychodynamic Perspective helps me invite individuals to experience how they feel about something and then track the possible anxiety or defenses that can arise to try to prevent them from sensing their feelings.
I facilitate two groups designed to help heal and change family of origin relational patterns that are not working in your life. It is structured to be safe, employs many creative resources and uses symbolic representations to help with the inner workings of individuals thinking, feelings and coping strategies.
I interview a client to assess their history to determine individualized treatment and intervention. This assessment encompasses areas of personality, temperament, trauma and relational issues. I am able to give standardized testing to determine the impact of attachment trauma to relational and developmental issues.
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Suze W.
May 05, 2016
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Dr. Aimee is a wonderful therapist! She worked with my 11 year old daughter and assisted her through some troubling times. Dr. Aimee helped her look at her behavior, identify her emotions, and then deal with them in a way that was real and honest. Our home life has never been better! I highly recommend Dr. Aimee to anyone looking for a therapist that will delve in and find out what the "real" issues at hand are. She is a pro at getting to the root of the problem in a short amount of time.
Kortney O.
May 04, 2016
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Dr. Aimee Pearson is a catalyst for big, juicy life changes! She took me from excruciating pain to a happy, successful life. She's specializes in progressive and traditional modalities that are customized for you as an individual. Her groups are unique in SD and help raise emotions and revelations that are easy to discover through others and difficult to personally identify in private sessions. She's empathetic, brilliant and kind! Highly recommend she's one of a kind!
Karen D.
May 06, 2015
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Canaan I.
Jan 14, 2015
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