LMFT, 11 years of experience
I have over 10 years of experience working with individuals, families, and groups. I specialize in helping clients coping with anxiety, trauma, grief, and depression. I'm licensed in both California and Georgia and hold additional certification as a Certified Grief Informed Professional. My therapeutic approach is to provide client-centered, collaborative treatment planning in order to build therapeutic alliance with clients through collaborative support, encouragement, and validation.
During our first session, a client can expect alliance building wherein the client is the pilot and I as clinician serves as the co-pilot, inasmuch as my role is to walk alongside the client in their journey of wholeness and healing. We will review client expectations and goals of therapy.
My approach is to provided client-centered treatment based upon lived experiences I have gained from a plethora of engagements with various cultures, communities, individuals, and professions. My personal therapeutic outlook is to be present in order to provide clients with an empathetic, safe, and nonjudgmental space to their process thoughts, feelings, and goals.
I primarily work with individuals, adults, BIPOC, Veterans, and elderly populations as well as various spiritual-based backgrounds including interfaith, Christian, and nondenominational faith backgrounds. I prefer client wo are motivated and willing to work on stated goals.
I use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as an intervention and treatment method as an action tool for clients to learn to accept that complications occur in life and to commit to change behaviors.
I use Attachment-Based therapy to help client process the connection between early childhood attachment experiences with caregivers in order to rebuild current relationships based upon support and trust.
I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in my practice to help client understand that in order to change negative behavior patterns, individuals must first change their thoughts in order to reduce emotional distress.
I incorporate Mindfulness-Based therapy into my practice by teaching tools that focus on the present, reframe negative thought patterns, and stress reduction.
I incorporate Grief Therapy techniques to provide a safe space for helping individuals process and cope with loss