Greetings! I am the Founder and Clinical Director at Life Epiphany, LLC. I am a dedicated and driven clinician with over fifteen years of diverse work experience as an educator, social justice advocate, community activist and social worker. Further, I am an adjunct professor at Columbia University in the School of Social Work, I run two weekly wellness groups for MusiCares, the charitable arm of the Grammy’s, and I am a Decolonial Supervisor for new clinicians.
Becoming your best self is a life-long process when anxiety, stress, and pressure make life hard. I can help you find balance one step at a time. As a licensed clinical social worker, my philosophy of psychotherapy is grounded in developing authentic relationships by providing an open and safe environment for the people I serve. I specialize in individual, couples, and sex therapy. I provide a combination of traditional, innovative and leading-edge treatments for individuals and couples who are struggling with emotional, relational, and sexual challenges.
MEET DR. WILLIAMS:
ADRIENNE N. WILLIAMS
LMSW, M.Ed, CST
MY GENTLE, EMPATHETIC AND COMPETENT APPROACH IS TAILORED TO HELP MY CLIENTS ATTAIN LIFELONG COPING SKILLS.
photo credit: Kristian Melom
My job is not to psychoanalyze you. My job is to be curious and to help you gain more understanding. A good clinician doesn’t claim to have all the answers: A good clinician shares their knowledge and facilitates the process of helping you make your own decisions that are balanced, rational, and well-explored. Strengthening your own reasoning and decision-making skills will increase both your independence and self-esteem. As such, I have an unwavering belief in your capacity to grow and change. I hold a deep respect for people’s own judgments about what they need and how they want to live their lives. I strive to build a strong therapeutic alliance with my clients. Our work together is client-focused and is based on the belief that you must be actively involved in the processes affecting your life.​
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My Approach:
I believe that you are the expert of your life. My approach to therapy is grounded in employing an integrated strengths based intersystem approach. Simply, we focus on you as an individual and the interlocking systems that you navigate daily which includes connecting you with your strengths and the resources that you need to grow. This approach essentially helps people gain a sense of their wholeness mind, body, and spirit unearthing a commitment to individual awareness and expression, self-fulfillment, and individual growth. Intersystem values reflect the belief about the worth and dignity of all human beings and the ultimate development of humankind.
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My approach includes Sex Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Emotion Focused Tapping (EFT), Narrative Therapy, somatic resources, decolonial processing and practices, mindfulness techniques, and more.​