About Dr. Taylor Dyson
Helping families heal, highly conflicted couples reconnect, and couples and parents/moms navigating postpartum experiences and difficult transitions.
Hello! I’m so glad you’re here.
Our identities impact every aspect of our lives, so my systemic approach dives into how cultural diversity, gender and sexuality, and family values have shown up in our relationships and lived experiences. I approach therapy from a collaborative lens, challenging the roles of power and dominant narratives on our functioning and interpersonal relationships. You are the expert of your story, and together we will rewrite your narrative, mending your relationships with self and others.
My passion lies in helping couples caught in a vicious cycle to find healing and connection again. I take an extensive approach when counseling clients and my integrative form of therapy adapts to your unique needs and goals. I also have a desire to work with new families, mothers balancing multiple roles, parents, and individuals struggling to navigate hurdles in life.
Collaborating with high conflict Couples and Families to navigate different hurdles in life; while also helping women and new families work through challenging seasons of life.
Couples Therapy
Working with highly conflicted couples is an area of specialized focus and interest for me. I’m here to hold space for what you’re going through!
Connections with others teach us about ourselves, and the power and complexities of our inner relationships. When the feeling of love changes, becomes tainted by animosity, or worse yet, disappears, we may think a relationship is over. However, the change is often just a sign that it’s time to grow. Through counseling, we can learn to recognize opportunities to improve our relationships with others while remaining true to our inner selves.
When trust breaks down, it can be restored. It is not an easy process: rebuilding trust takes time and consistent effort. It may also require assistance. When partners are off track, they may want to get back on track, but often, they do not know how. My commitment is helping couples get back on track individually and within their relationship.
Navigating through Life
I believe we are all trying to thrive while simultaneously doing life as peacefully as possible. I recognize this can get tricky at times, especially when we are feeling overwhelmed, stressed, burnt out, like we have lost our way, or even when we just start to notice things aren’t quite the way we’d like them to be.
You are the expert of your story, and together we will rewrite your narrative, mending your relationships with self and others. This process involves learning to trust yourself again, recognizing the strength of your voice, and reclaiming pleasure in all aspects of your life. I value vulnerability and honesty when working with clients and believe that a collaborative approach to therapy is a great recipe for success.
My Collaborative Approach with you
Therapy can facilitate profound results when both therapist and client allow their authentic selves to “show up.” The focus is to create an open and transparent environment even when this means directly challenging their core beliefs and deeply ingrained habits. The goal is to promote emotional well-being by helping clients recognize, manifest and maximize their innate strengths.
I’m here and ready to connect with you so that we can begin YOUR journey now, together.
FAQ
How often do we need to come to therapy?
Whether couples, families, or individuals, therapy is a journey. I will assess in our first couple of sessions how often it is clinically necessary for you to come. The recommendation at the beginning for most clients would be to commit weekly, and as growth happens, we can create space for more time between our sessions.
What happens in the first few sessions with you?
In the first few sessions, I am looking to understand each client's unique needs in therapy. There is a lot of rapport building and data gathering. Rapport building and data gathering can take some time, however the benefit is that we are developing a therapeutic relationship and building trust in this environment. Data gathering is also essential to developing a treatment plan with treatment goals in order for us to stay on track in therapy. I am also looking to explain my specific therapy process to you in order to help you understand the journey we are looking to take on together (expectations around goals, time frame, etc).
How long does it take to experience results?
I like to consider therapy as an opportunity to grow, learn, and empower. It is also a personal investment towards growth and change. Results happen over time, with motivation, intentionality, and collaboration with your therapist. The more we invest in this process, the more we are able to see visible changes. You are never on this journey alone, it is also my task as your therapist to utilize the treatment goals as mile markers towards change. I also like to help my clients see that baby steps are still steps, that can in turn lead to lasting results.
Taylor is under the clinical supervision of Liz Higgins, LMFT-S.