Emilia Eva Mikrut (She/Her)

Approach Description: My approach to therapy emphasizes relationships above all else. My style has been described as warm, accepting, authentic, and engaging. In clinical terms, I would describe myself as an integrative relational psychodynamic therapist. "Relational and psychodynamic" means that I work collaboratively with clients from a place of non-judgmental curiosity to explore how earlier life experiences, important relationships, and cultural/societal messages have influenced their connection with their own emotions, their beliefs about themselves, and their expectations of others. By paying close attention to what unfolds in the therapeutic room - including in our therapeutic relationship itself - I help clients better understand and challenge unhelpful relational patterns. "Integrative" means I also flexibly blend other orientations into my practice to most effectively work on what's troubling any particular client. I am influenced by existential theory and pay special attention to the ways in which people make meaning. In a way, my work often focuses on 'poking at' and uncovering what clients are avoiding in their lives and cultivating more comfort with the unknown. I also occasionally draw upon cognitive-behavioral approaches including mindfulness-based work, ACT, and experiential/behavioral exposures, particularly when clients need a gentle more push toward change.