LCSW-C, 10 years of experience
I am from Washington, DC. I have 14 years of experience in the therapy field. I am passionate about creating a safe space to begin your healing journey. I am able to meet you where you are and empowers healthy decision making. I am innovative, creative and uses cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, mindfulness, solution-focused, and strengths-based approaches to provide a therapeutic experience with my clients.
In the first therapy session, a client can expect a combination of introduction, information gathering, and goal-setting. It’s typically less about “diving deep” and more about laying the groundwork for the therapeutic relationship.
My greatest strengths as a therapist are my emotional presence, clinical skills, and ethical integrity. I am able to be empathic, genuine, build strong therapeutic alliances, self-aware, patient, warmth and compassionate. These qualities help create a safe, effective space for healing.
My ideal client is someone is open to self- reflection, motivate to change, honest and transparent, committed to the therapy process, and wants to build a therapeutic relationship. In addition someone whose can be vulnerable, engaged, willing communicate, and optimistic.
I use this treatment method to provide psycho education to change maladaptive feelings and behaviors. I help clients identify unhelpful and distorted thoughts and use cognitive restructuring to change these negative thoughts and behaviors. I would suggest CBT-style “homework” such as journaling, mood tracking, scheduling pleasurable activities, or setting SMART goals. I help clients identify coping mechanisms or strategies to change these negative thoughts patterns.