TREATMENT APPROACHES

PASCALE E. NAKHLÉ

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, MA
Graduate of the American University of Beirut.
Certified by Harvard Medical School in Global Mental Health Trauma and Recovery.

Motivational Interviewing

Motivational interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented style of communication with a specific focus to the language of change and a fundamentally humanistic nature.

Its purpose is to evoke personal motivation for and commitment to a specific goal by exploring & identifying the person’s own reasons for change within an environment of compassion and acceptance.

Psychodynamic Therapy

Psychodynamic therapy focuses on identifying the deeply rooted causes of emotional suffering through the exploration of early maladaptive relationships, unresolved conflicts and self-reflection. The relationship between the therapist and the patient also provides insight about the recurrent problematic relationship patterns in the patient’s life.

Strategies of psychodynamic therapy includes acknowledging, understanding, processing and overcoming the negative, mixed and repressed emotions to improve the patient’s current interpersonal experiences and relationships.

Interpersonal Therapy

Interpersonal therapy is time-limited and evidence-based approach used to treating mood disorders. Its main goal is to work on enhancing the patient’s interpersonal relationships and social functioning.

It also helps the patient cope with unresolved grief and difficult life transitions like divorce, retirement, loss of a job or any major change. IPT is also majorly recommended for interpersonal conflict between partners, friends, family members or co-workers.

Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Have you ever stopped to think how your thoughts might be significantly impacting your own emotional experiences and behavior?

The CBT approach is a scientifically-based treatment approach that has been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of Depression, Anxiety, Alcohol and Drug-Related Addictions, Eating Disorders and several other mental illnesses by identifying unhealthy and maladaptive ways of thinking.

Psychological problems are seen as the result of learned patterns of unhelpful behavior. CBT treatment usually involves strategies to change dysfunctional behavioral patterns, recognizing one’s cognitive distortions and learning problem-solving skills to deal with difficult situations

SERVICES

Telehealth Treatments

Individual Therapy

The only thing standing in the way of your own growth and healing is the resistant part of you!

Family Counseling

We can’t change our family members, but what we can do is learn how to change the way we interact, react and respond.

Couples Counseling

It is my strong belief that the only way to a healthy relationship is through building one!

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“I believe in change, but what I care about more than change itself is learning to love yourself throughout the process”

WHY THERAPY? Seeking therapy is not an easy decision. It takes a lot of courage and insight to come forward with your intimate thoughts and deepest emotions to a complete stranger. Although therapy offers a regular and safe space to explore these difficult emotions, it is important to acknowledge that every person brings in with them their own set of skills, strengths and personal experiences that play a huge role in the therapy process. It is not a requirement to be suffering from or diagnosed with a mental illness to seek therapy. People seek therapy for many different reasons including bereavement, changing career paths, moving country, unemployment, family conflict, relationship problems or any situational stressors.

MY APPROACH