Christopher Cocker

I have over twenty years experience working in the mental health field. I believe the sense of comfort in the therapeutic relationship is vitally important. For this reason I dedicate the initial session establishing what your expectations are and whether I can meet your needs. I believe in providing mental health care services to my patients in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. The therapeutic modality that I tend to favor and have most success with is Brief Solution Focus Therapy. This basic philosophy of this therapy is that change is constant and inevitable. Therapy focuses on the fact the clients are their own experts and with my help we will define goals with an emphasis on what is possible and changeable. Therapy is future orientated rather than focusing on history and what cannot be changed. To this end the therapy focuses on success and "solution talk" rather than "problem talk". Once we establish a solution that works we do more of it, if it doesn't work we will try something different. It is my goal to optimize your life and situation to be the best that it can be.