-About Mallory-
Mallory has over 15 years experience in the social work field providing intensive clinical services to individuals. Mallory specializes in providing holistic, trauma and person-centered psychotherapy and integrates tools and skills drawn from contextual behavioral therapies including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Mallory works to establish a safe, non-judgmental, and affirming environment where clients can begin to explore what brought them to therapy. She works to build an authentic therapuetic relationship and is committed to collaborating with each client on their goals. Mallory believes that empowering clients to deepen insight around behaviors and patterns in their life that get in the way of their goals, while simultaneously building self compassion—are vital parts of the therapuetic process.
Mallory has had the opportunity to work with clients from all walks of life and with a variety of presenting problems. She has extensive training and experience working with college students and young adults, the LGBTQIA+ community, adult survivors of childhood abuse, neglect, and trauma, individuals struggling with perfectionism or in high pressure environments, and individuals experiencing difficulty with emotion regulation that impacts interpersonal functioning.
-EDUCATION-
University of Chicago (Master’s in Social Work)
Saint Mary’s College Notre Dame (Bachelor’s in Social Work)
UChicago Contextual Behavioral Therapy Fellowship Completed
-LICENSURE-
Licensed Clinical Social Worker in State of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.
About Promontory Psychotherapy:
Promontory Psychotherapy’s Mission is to provide Trauma-Informed, Strengths Based, and Evidence Based Contextual Behavior Therapy aimed at supporting individuals to make intentional changes and choices. Promontory Psychotherapy is committed to providing affirming therapy to LGBTQIA+ communities and survivors of complex trauma.
Approach
Promontory Psychotherapy staff use a compassionate client-centered trauma informed approach, and therapists work with each client to identify their therapy goals and builds upon the strengths of the individual. Using an integrative and strengths based approach, they employs elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy to respond to the unique needs of the individual to support the development of a more self-compassionate and intentional relationship with yourself. Therapists are interactive in the therapy process and challenges clients to identify practical tools and strategies to incorporate in their life that make sense for them, and will improve their ability to live more intentionally. Therapists will also be authentic. This can mean they may sometimes bring in humor, share resources, or challenge behaviors or patterns that show up in the process of therapy so thats client can enhance their insight and use the therapuetic relationship as practice for difficulties that may come up with other relationships outside of therapy.
What is Trauma-Informed Care?
A Trauma Informed approach is a strengths based framework that is grounded in an understanding of and responsiveness to the impact of trauma. Trauma is a normal response to something that happens in the course of a person’s life that is abnormal and impacts that person in someway. Trauma isn’t always just a big event, it can include: chronic illnesses, domestic violence, tragic loss, the homicide or suicide of a loved one, as well as the result of childhood physical and sexual abuse over many years. Understanding that every person responds to the trauma(s) that they experienced differently, and that no one approach will work the same for everyone, therapists are flexible in work with clients and responds to the specific needs of each individual. Therapists work with clients to build a sense of physical, psychological, and emotional safety for survivors so that each person can learn to define themselves outside of the trauma they experienced. Trauma Informed Care does not mean that the therapist is just “nice” …. At times, therapists will challenge clients to identify and change patterns that were developed in response to trauma, and while helpful at the time, now hold them back from achieving their goals or forming more authentic relationships.
Is this a safe place?
Therapy is not always easy because both healing and change are often uncomfortable. However, in order to make change in our lives, it’s imperative that therapy is a safe place where each individual’s identity is affirmed and validated. Whether you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual trans, queer, non-binary, straight, monogamous, poly, asexual, black, white, brown, mixed race, or hold any other identity… Promontory Psychotherapy will provide a space for you to be yourself and be affirmed for each unique part of your identity. Staff at Promontory Psychotherapy are also body positive and supports health at every size.
