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MY APPROACH TO PSYCHOTHERAPY

UNDERSTAND.


CHALLENGE.


OVERCOME.

 

We repeat what we don't repair.

INTENSIVE SHORT-TERM
DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
(ISTDP)

ISTDP is not a typical treatment in which the therapist goes through the sessions slowly.  Work is done with an active participation of the therapist through the challenge and rapid identification of self-sabotaging behaviors of the patient.

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
(CBT)

CBT is a problem-oriented approach that aims to change unhelpful patterns of thoughts and beliefs and replace them  with more accurate and healthier ones.

"Here and now, we make crucial decisions: either we reveal ourselves without respite or we succumb without resistance to those fangs that come to us in the shape of our long-time scars".

- Gustavo Ott

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Marcela A. Bonafina, Ph.D.

drbonafina@gmail.com

(202) 688-3884

(917) 971-5371

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Dr. Bonafina is a member of PSYPACTand was granted an APIT®️(Authority to Pracitce Interjurisdicitonal Telepsychology)

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©2023 by Marcela A. Bonafina, Ph.D.

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