Hello! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and I have been providing counseling to children, teens, and adults for 7 years. I have experience helping clients finding success in school, assisting parents in supporting their children in the best way possible, building lasting social connections with others, and creating confidence/ self love for my clients to continue practicing in their lives. I love to partner with my clients to help them achieve the goals they want most for their future. I believe you are the expert in you and I always want to meet my client where they are.
In our first session, I will start by explaining what therapy can look like for you and what it often looks like for many people. Then we will discuss what motivated you to come to therapy and we will work to define what your overall goal for therapy will be. Once we have our goal set, we can work to create a plan and realistic steps to get you to your goal.
I believe my greatest strength as a therapist is my unconditional positive regard for my clients. I think it is the most important part of being a therapist, in being able to hear anything you're going through or have been through before without any judgement. I truly want every client I meet to achieve their own happiness.
I have used CBT to help clients for the past 6 years to overcome anxiety/ depression. I believe CBT allows you to build helpful self awareness.
I have been practicing DBT over the past year and it really helps clients achieve change with practical, effective steps.