Ann Finnerty

More About Ann Finnerty

Clinical Interests:

My clinical interests focus on providing culturally specific and client-centered care, ensuring that treatment approaches are tailored to the unique backgrounds and needs of individuals. I emphasize Interactive Learning as a means to engage clients and enhance understanding, while also prioritizing the real world application of recovery principles to support meaningful, sustainable healing and growth.

Clinical Approach:

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
This type of psychotherapy helps people accept their feelings and make changes that match their values. ACT encourages people to be open to unpleasant feelings, rather than avoiding or overreacting to them.
Goals of ACT
Help people move beyond negative thoughts and feelings
Help people live a life consistent with their values
Help people understand their emotions better

Motivational Interviewing (MI)
A patient-centered, evidence-based counseling approach that aims to enhance a person’s motivation to change their behavior. It focuses on exploring and resolving ambivalence, empowering individuals to make informed decisions about their health and well-being.
Goals of MI
Empathy: Establishing a trusting and supportive relationship with the client.
Develop Discrepancy: Helping the client see the gap between their current behavior and their desired goals.
Roll with Resistance: Avoiding confrontation and respecting the client’s autonomy.
Reflect: Paraphrasing and summarizing the client’s statements to demonstrate understanding.
Explore Reasons for Change: Eliciting the client’s own motivations for change.
Build Confidence: Emphasizing the client’s ability to make positive changes.

Hobbies:

I work hard to reflect a well-rounded and fulfilling lifestyle. As a mother, I cherish time with my family, while enjoying movies, anime and reading for entertainment and personal growth. I prioritize physical well-being through working out and I nurture my spiritual practice as a source of balance and connection.