Airriell Thomas

Psy.D

I particularly enjoy supporting couples seeking to clarify shared goals, address previous and ongoing conflicts and increase their sense of appreciation for one another. I have been trained in Gottman Method Couples Therapy and employ its assessment with new clients. This multi-week deep dive allows all parties to highlight areas that are going well, come to a mutual understanding of areas that need attention and lay out a timed approach to addressing goals. 

Couples seeking guidance around navigating non-traditional partnerships, the management of finances, family planning, building and maintaining intimacy and improving communication among a myriad of other topics, generally find my approach helpful.

I also support individuals managing symptoms of anxiety, depression and various life transitions. Often I employ an integrative approach to care that includes humanistic, cognitive and health psychology focused interventions. I offer an air of genuine openness, taking a strengths-based approach to the concerns presented in session. Acknowledging one’s resources in combination with traditional approaches to symptom management helps my clients increase both self-understanding and self-efficacy; facets I believe encourage clients to live the life they want.

For both couples and individuals, rarely am I present to explicitly say what to do. More often I intend to encourage exploration through challenging questions. In all therapeutic alliances I seek to offer clients an open and safe but appropriately challenging space that encourages self exploration, reflection, taking responsibility, the building of resilience and coping mechanisms, as well as seeking to align actions to personal values. Emotional, physical, or financial distress, as well as feeling lack of connection with others, can interfere with one’s capacity to attain goals and find balance in life. These problems can feel overwhelming and isolating, but they do not have to be addressed alone.

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I received my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Adler University in 2021. I have previous experience in medical clinics and hospitals, working in the community with individuals experiencing severe mental illness and those formerly incarcerated, in addition to serving clients in the outpatient setting. I completed level two of Gottman Method Couples therapy in 2021. I completed a certificate from the University of Massachusetts for a course in Primary Care Behavioral Health in 2020.

While I primarily practice from a humanist framework, my approach is integrative; often including elements of cognitive behavioral therapy and health psychology in an effort to choose tools that meet the client’s unique circumstances and needs. Outside of psychology, I maintain interests in the movie going experience, fireworks and conservation.

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