Greetings! I am a culturally sensitive Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in North Carolina for over 18 years. I have extensive history with working with young adults (children, adolescents, families) within school and outpatient settings. I enjoy working with college aged adults struggling with school and home stressors, life transitions; in addition to specializing issues related to multiracial identities.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In the first session, client can expect a warm, welcoming and supportive environment where they can feel comfortable sharing their concerns. The session will start by introducing self, sharing background, approach to therapy, and goals for working together while establishing a connection. We will explore challenges that you are facing, experiences at home, school, work and social settings. Together we will discuss setting goals and how these goals will guide therapy process. We will discuss therapeutic process, approach and outline an initial plan while also address questions or concerns. Lastly, reviewing confidentiality and discussing structure of future sessions.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
My greatest strengths as a provider include my specialization with young people and understanding the unique developmental needs and challenges. In addition, my ability to engaged with children, teens, parents, and young adults make me a versatile and relatable providers. As a provider who has a mixed race background, I understand complexities that arise from that perspective as well. I have experience treating poor concentration and focus, low frustration tolerances, poor impulse control, anxiety with testing and health, sadness, low confidence and life transitions highlights your capacity to handle a wide range of common and impactful concerns. I create a safe, nurturing space with strengths based approach where clients feel seen, heard, and validated while providing practical tools and coping strategies.
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Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I’ve been using CBT in my practice for the past 18 years. It’s helped many clients challenge reoccurring thoughts, manage their anxiety and take control of negative thinking. We’ll use CBT to recognize how your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors influence each other. We’ll then use that knowledge to change your thinking patterns, which will help you lead a less anxious and stressed life.
Solution Focused Brief Treatment
I’ve been using Solution Focused Brief Therapy in my practice for the past 18 years. It’s helped dozens of clients directly address problems and create a plan to resolve it. We’ll use SFBT to identify patterns and barriers to achieving solutions and develop strategies to clarify and achieve solutions.
Psychoeducation
Traditional psychoeducation promotes collaboration between individuals and therapists by providing knowledge, empowerment, increase and improve understanding and communication. This collaboration leads to better outcomes and more person centered care. I utilize psychoeducation in this manner in my practice.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Mindfulness based therapy is an approach that incorporates mindfulness practices to promote psychological well being, reduce distress, and enhance self awareness. This practice of mindfulness helps cultivate compassion, non judgement toward personal experiences leading to better functioning and overall mental health. I use this to assist clients with stress reduction, emotional regulation, increased self awareness, improved concentration and focus, increase resilience, and improve relationships.
Play Therapy
Play therapy allows for therapeutic bonds to grow and inner feelings to be shared and explored. Coping strategies, creative problem solving, social skills building can all take place with use of this method. It is client centered and allows child to be in control of process.