Ariana Waynes, MFT
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My Clinical Passions


Everyone has a few favorite things. 
These are some of the kinds of things I love to work on in therapy.

Self Growth, Self Love & Self Care

- Personal growth

- Emotional health

- Transforming depression and anxiety into ease, joy, and vitality

- Transforming shame and low self-worth into self-respect, self-compassion, and self-love

- Developing supportive, compassionate, and encouraging self-talk

- Deepening self-empowerment and assertiveness

- Overcoming perfectionism

- Developing resilience

- Developing self-compassion & self-forgiveness

- Enhancing vitality, joy, and wellbeing

- Enhancing fun and play

- Creating the life you really want to have

- Creating the you you really want to be

Self-Knowledge / Self-Awareness

- Increasing self-reflection and introspection

- Deepening mindfulness

- Deepening embodiment

- Deepening integrity

- Connecting more deeply to the truth of your heart, your body, and your spirit.

- Exploring cultural, sexual, and gender identities

- Exploring matters of difference

- Developing a stronger connection to your inner wisdom

Building Healthier Relationships

- Healthy relationship skills building

- Enhancing communication skills

- Enhancing assertiveness skills

- Transforming conflict into intimacy

- Differentiation and individuation

- Practicing forgiveness

- Self-soothing and self-validation

- Increasing joy and playfulness 

- Enjoying connection

- Increasing intimacy

- Increasing integrity

- Developing more honest, more satisfying sexual relationships

- Enhancing sexual connection

- Opening up your relationship

- Navigating polyamorous or open relationships

- Navigating BDSM/Kink dynamics in relationships

- Creating the relationship you really want to have.

Problem Solving Support

- Troubleshooting problems

- Decision-making support

- Increasing personal organization

- Increasing productivity and effectiveness

- Creating and implementing plans to accomplish concrete life goals.
Ariana Waynes, MFT #91002  |  4408 Market Street, Suite G, Oakland, CA 94608


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