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Do you experience stress that can lead you to feeling overwhelmed? Does your stress cause you to isolate yourself from your family and friends? Are you struggling with thoughts that prevent you from being your 'true' self? I support individuals struggling with their thoughts and emotions to make sense of what challenges they face. Working together, we will explore current challenges, how your thoughts and emotions impact your efforts to make sense of these challenges and discover ways to empower yourself to resolve and flourish from these challenges. My role is to support you! Practicing as a psychotherapist for 18 years, I have extensive skills in mindfulness, support, and empowerment. In our sessions, I focus on providing a safe, comfortable space without judgment. I use compassion, genuine focus, and years of clinical training as a psychotherapist to support resolving your challenges.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions, then dive into the specific challenges you're facing. I will explore these challenges with you to create a specific plan to work through in follow-up sessions.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I strive to create a therapeutic relationship with my clients, providing an environment based on safety, trust, clarity and empowerment. Through accomplishing the therapeutic relationship, the client understands the impact thoughts and emotions have throughout their life. Empowerment also provides clarity to understand the past, and how past experiences impact coping and resiliency in the present. Clarity gives you insight, so you can understand the meaning of the past experiences to make sense of where you are now. Knowing yourself in the present allows you to move to the future with courage and strength.
Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.
I am passionate about working with adults as a psychotherapist. I have a strong belief in the power of the therapeutic relationship to facilitate growth, healing, and transformation. In my 18+ years of providing psychotherapy to adults, my passion to understand adult development continues to evolve. I am committed to supporting adults with understand their unique challenges that impact their mental health and overall well-being. I am committed to using my professional strengths and passion to heal others toward emotional well-being and personal fulfillment.
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Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I integrate Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients develop psychological flexibility—the ability to be present, adapt to challenges, and take meaningful action in alignment with their values. ACT enables me to guide clients in recognizing and accepting difficult emotions rather than avoiding them. Through mindfulness techniques, cognitive defusion, and values-based goal setting, I help individuals, couples, and families shift from struggling with distressing thoughts to engaging in purposeful action. This approach fosters greater emotional resilience, healthier relationships, and personal fulfillment. By focusing on acceptance, mindfulness, and committed action, ACT supports clients in breaking free from unhelpful patterns, cultivating self-compassion, and building a life that reflects their deepest values. Whether navigating relationship challenges, anxiety, or personal growth, ACT allows me to provide a structured yet flexible framework for meaningful and lasting change.
Motivational Interviewing
As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I utilize Motivational Interviewing (MI) to empower clients to make meaningful changes by exploring and strengthening their own motivation. MI is a client-centered, collaborative approach that helps individuals, couples, and families resolve ambivalence, clarify values, and take purposeful steps toward their goals. Through empathetic listening, open-ended questions, and reflective dialogue, I support clients in identifying their intrinsic motivations for change. Rather than pushing solutions, I help them uncover their own reasons for growth, fostering greater self-efficacy and commitment to positive change. This approach is particularly effective in addressing challenges such as relationship conflicts, behavioral patterns, and life transitions. By focusing on autonomy, confidence, and personal values, MI allows me to create a supportive and nonjudgmental space where clients feel empowered to take action in ways that align with their goals. This approach leads to lasting transformation, helping individuals move from hesitation to meaningful progress in their personal and relational lives.
Trauma Informed Care
As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I integrate Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) to create a safe, supportive, and empowering environment for clients who have experienced adversity. Understanding that trauma impacts not only emotions but also thought patterns, behaviors, and relationships, I approach each client with sensitivity to their unique experiences and responses to stress. By prioritizing safety, trust, choice, collaboration, and empowerment, I help clients process their experiences without re-traumatization. I recognize the ways past trauma can shape present struggles, and I work with individuals, couples, and families to develop self-awareness, emotional regulation, and resilience. My approach incorporates evidence-based strategies that foster healing, whether addressing relational challenges, anxiety, or personal growth. Through a trauma-informed lens, I guide clients in rebuilding a sense of control, strengthening emotional connections, and cultivating self-compassion, allowing them to move forward with confidence and well-being.
Attachment-based
As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I incorporate Attachment-Based Therapy to help clients understand and heal relational patterns rooted in early attachment experiences. This approach acknowledges that our earliest relationships shape how we connect, trust, and respond to others throughout life. By exploring attachment styles and relational dynamics, I help individuals, couples, and families recognize how past experiences influence current relationships. Whether addressing insecurity, emotional disconnection, or relational conflict, I guide clients in building secure, meaningful connections by fostering trust, emotional safety, and effective communication. Using a compassionate, client-centered approach, I support clients in identifying and reshaping unhelpful patterns, strengthening their sense of self, and developing healthier, more fulfilling relationships. Through this work, clients gain deeper emotional insight and the tools to create lasting relational change, whether in romantic relationships, family bonds, or personal growth.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
As a Marriage and Family Therapist, I utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and change unhelpful thought patterns, emotions, and behaviors that impact their well-being. CBT is an evidence-based, goal-oriented approach that empowers clients to develop practical skills for managing challenges such as anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, trauma, and relationship difficulties. Through CBT, I collaborate with clients to help them recognize how their thoughts influence their emotions and behaviors. By challenging negative thinking patterns and replacing them with healthier, more constructive perspectives, clients can experience greater emotional resilience, improved problem-solving skills, and lasting personal growth. I integrate mindfulness, cognitive restructuring, and behavioral techniques to help clients break free from self-defeating cycles, build confidence, and create meaningful change in their lives and relationships. This structured yet flexible approach allows me to support clients in achieving their goals, managing distress, and cultivating a more balanced and fulfilling life.