The primary rationale for a clinical approach to personality is to understand it in the context of mental health and flourishing rather than solely through psychopathology.

“I'm interested in understanding personality as it pertains to mental health or or even flourishing, you might say, as opposed to psychopathology and the hell that accompanies mental illness.”

Clinical hypnosis is a valid therapeutic tool that allows patients to alter their brain state and enhance control over their mind and body.

“it involves getting people to change their brain state and to use that brain state as a portal to make adjustments in their brain and body, and other aspects of their biology and psychology that benefit them.”

Effective psychological treatment requires an integrated approach that addresses the individual within their broader family and social systems rather than treating them in isolation.

“I'm different in that um the community portion of my training means that I don't just look at the individual. I also look at the family system, the community, and the macro system and how the person environment fits may impact what a person walks in the door with.”

Dialectical behavioral therapy is the most effective treatment available for managing borderline personality disorder.

“And it is it's based in radical acceptance and the desire to examine and change how you interact with the world externally. And it's basically the gold standard for treating um borderline personality disorder right now.”