I am the Clinic Director at our Taunton clinic. I think of therapy as a partnership: I have more than a decade of experience working in various mental and behavioral health settings, but the client is the expert on their life and experience. I want to work with a client who is open and honest and wants to establish a positive relationship with a therapist and work together to help them forge a better path forward. An ideal client to me is one who is seeking support in finding ways to bring a different perspective to the issues that bring them to therapy and is willing to work toward creating new meaning and finding a better way to think, act, and feel. In recent years, I have primarily worked with individuals with mood disorders (such as depression and anxiety), but also have experience working with serious and persistent mental illness, substance abuse, and many other disorders/concerns. As a clinician, I often assign tasks (small assignments or thought exercises) between sessions, and want clients who are willing to think about what is discussed in a session before the next and is willing to try new things suggested to them before the next session.