New to Grow
I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor offering compassionate, trauma-informed therapy for individuals, couples, and families across Louisiana through both teletherapy and in-person sessions. With more than a decade of clinical experience, I’ve learned that change can be both desired and at times, inevitable—but always possible. I hold degrees in Human Sciences, Marriage & Family Studies, from Prairie View A&M University, Human Services, Health and Wellness, Counseling from Liberty University, and Social Psychology from Park University. My academic foundation, combined with my service in the U.S. Navy, has shaped my deep respect for resilience, discipline, and the human capacity for growth. I believe self-forgiveness is one of the most courageous steps in healing—especially forgiving yourself for what you didn’t or couldn’t know. Together, we’ll work to help you navigate life’s challenges while dismantling the stigma surrounding mental health. My goal is to create a transparent, supportive space where you feel safe, heard, and empowered to transform short-term discomfort into lasting, meaningful change.
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
At your first session we will worked together for approximately 1.5hrs to 2.0hrs. After you explain what brought you to therapy and your current struggles. I will ask questions about your goals, values, challenges, past successes, reasons and necessity for change and who and how it will benefit your future. You will be allowed to ask questions I will asked open-ended questions so I can learn more about your childhood; family relationships; support systems; education; legal and criminal history. We will review assessments; symptoms; and discuss your desires, I will summarize your information and assist in creating objectives for each goal. I will provide you supportive and empathetic listening; affirmations; and discuss therapeutic modalities unique for you. The session typically ends with us in agreement on future sessions, assigned readings, homework if given and dates of your future sessions.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
I would say my faith is one of my greatest strength as it propels me work with a spirit of excellence as therapy is meaningful. I'm a motivator, advocate, and activist. If a client desire more, I will become creative. I am open to walking, exercising, I paint, draw, plant, and meditate on the grass if it's safe and beneficial. I work to prove therapy can be fun and eventful while healing and learning at the same time.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
I'm best positioned to serve clients who are proactive in their healing and open to being uncomfortable for a short time for long-term results.
Eclectic
Eclectic (or integrative) therapy means the therapist selects specific tools and methods from different modalities based on a person’s goals, history, and current symptoms. Rather than forcing the client to fit one model, the approach is shaped around the client’s needs. It is still grounded in research-supported methods; what makes it “eclectic” is the thoughtful blending and sequencing of those methods for each person, not a random mix-and-match. In an eclectic approach, a therapist might pull from: • Motivational Interviewing (MI) to strengthen readiness and motivation for change. • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. • Emotional intelligence work to build awareness of feelings, triggers, and impacts on others. • Mindfulness to increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Experiential and behavioral tools are also common, such as role-play, the Empty Chair technique, exposure therapy, relaxation training, guided imagery, and behavioral activation for low mood and avoidance. Each of these can be added or adjusted over time depending on what is working.
Mind-body approach
The mind–body approach is a holistic, evidence-informed way of caring for your whole life: emotional, financial, mental, physical, and spiritual well-being all at once. It uses practical tools to calm the nervous system and gently retrain how your brain and body respond to stress, trauma, and chronic pain. Mind–body approach can integrate several well-studied methods, including: • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to shift unhelpful thought patterns and behavioral habits that keep the nervous system in threat mode. • Deep breathing, meditation, mindfulness, guided imagery, and progressive muscle relaxation to settle the body’s stress response and increase present-moment awareness. • Yoga and other gentle movement or stretching to release muscular tension, improve body awareness, and support regulation of the autonomic nervous system. Biofeedback can also be included, helping individuals see real-time data (such as heart rate or muscle tension) so they can learn how specific practices physically shift their stress response. Over time, this builds confidence that the body can move from high alert into a calmer, more balanced state. Effects on stress, anxiety, and chronic pain These practices are used to lower stress and anxiety, improve sleep and awareness, and help retrain how the brain processes and responds to chronic pain. Programs such as mindfulness-based stress reduction show improvements in mood, pain interference, and overall functioning across many conditions. By repeatedly activating the body’s “rest and digest” systems, the mind–body approach can reduce feelings of overwhelm and support healing from trauma, especially when paired with trauma-informed therapy. Over time, this can help lessen symptoms of depression and protect against burnout by giving the nervous system more frequent experiences of safety and ease.
Compassion Focused
Compassion-Focused Therapy is designed for people who experience high shame, self-criticism, or difficulty feeling worthy of kindness. It helps a person understand how their brain and nervous system respond to threat, and then intentionally activate a “soothing” system through practices of compassion, warmth, and safety. CFT invites both the “inner” parts of self (thoughts, feelings, memories, body sensations) and the “outer” self (behavior, boundaries, choices) into a space where they can be met with understanding rather than judgment. The work is not about excusing harm but about meeting human imperfection with honesty, accountability, and kindness rather than contempt.
Interpersonal
Interpersonal approaches in therapy focus on improving a person’s current relationships and social functioning so that emotional symptoms decrease and a stronger support system can grow. They are especially helpful when distress is closely tied to conflicts, losses, or a painful lack of connection with others.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
DBT was originally developed for individuals that struggle with emotional regulation, suicidal, borderline personality disorder and has strong evidence for reducing self-harm, suicide attempts, anger, and psychiatric hospitalization. Research also supports its use, or shows promising results, for people with substance use disorders, PTSD, binge-eating and other eating disorders, treatment-resistant depression, and aspects of bipolar disorder. DBT directly targets emotion dysregulation and impulsive coping, it can be helpful for problems rooted in intense fear, jealousy, “all-or-nothing” thinking, chronic shame, trauma responses, and relationship instability. Many programs also adapt DBT skills for PTSD, anxiety, and survivors of domestic violence to reduce crisis behaviors and build a “life worth living.”