New to Grow
As a licensed therapist in Indiana, I bring 15 years of dedicated experience supporting individuals through complex life challenges. My practice centers on helping clients navigate addiction recovery, relationship dynamics, career transitions, and personal growth. I specialize in addressing intimacy issues, self-esteem challenges, and workplace stress with a compassionate, evidence-based approach. My therapeutic work focuses on supporting individuals through diverse experiences, including mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, sexuality concerns, and men's mental health. I create a supportive environment where clients can explore communication barriers, isolation, life purpose, and healing from guilt and shame. I am committed to walking alongside my clients, offering guidance that empowers personal transformation and helps individuals develop deeper self-understanding. My approach is collaborative, non-judgmental, and tailored to each person's unique journey toward emotional wellness and meaningful change.
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
In your first session, you can expect a warm, collaborative conversation focused on getting to know you and understanding what brings you to therapy. We’ll start by reviewing informed consent, confidentiality, and any questions you may have about the therapy process so you feel comfortable and grounded from the beginning. From there, we’ll explore your current concerns, your goals, and what you hope to change or understand more deeply. I’ll ask about your history, strengths, and the patterns you’ve noticed in your life, but there’s no pressure to share more than you’re ready for. You’ll also get a feel for how I work—using approaches like CBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing to help you better understand your thoughts, emotions, values, and motivations. Together, we’ll begin identifying a direction for therapy, and by the end of the session you’ll have a clearer sense of what our work together can look like. Most importantly, the first session is about building comfort, trust, and a space where you feel seen, supported, and empowered.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
One of my greatest strengths as a therapist is my ability to create a safe, non‑judgmental space where clients feel truly heard and supported from the very beginning. I bring a calm, grounded presence that helps people open up at their own pace while feeling understood and respected. I integrate evidence‑based approaches like ACT, CBT, and Motivational Interviewing with a compassionate, values‑focused style, allowing me to tailor therapy to each person’s unique needs. I’m skilled at helping clients explore deeper patterns, clarify what matters most, and build practical skills that support meaningful, lasting change. Above all, I’m deeply committed to walking alongside clients with authenticity, curiosity, and a steady belief in their ability to grow.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
My ideal client is someone who is ready to explore their inner world with honesty and curiosity, even if they feel uncertain, ambivalent, or overwhelmed at first. They may be navigating anxiety, relationship conflict, substance use, or major life transitions, and they’re seeking a space where they can develop deeper self‑understanding and build meaningful, values‑aligned change. This client is open to reflective conversations, willing to try evidence‑based tools such as CBT, ACT, and Motivational Interviewing, and appreciates a collaborative, non‑judgmental therapeutic relationship. They don’t need to have everything figured out—just a willingness to show up, explore what matters to them, and take small, compassionate steps toward growth.
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
In my practice, I use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by first helping clients build psychological flexibility through exploring their deeper yearnings and clarifying the personal values that guide meaningful change. I integrate acceptance and cognitive diffusion skills by assisting clients to notice thoughts and feelings without becoming entangled in them, using techniques such as “I’m having the thought that…” to reduce the impact of rigid beliefs. Mindfulness and self‑as‑context exercises are woven into sessions to strengthen emotional regulation, presence, and perspective‑taking, often through grounding practices and mindful dialogue. I also apply ACT within addiction and recovery work, to help clients navigate cravings, reduce shame, and align their recovery efforts with their values while integrating multiple recovery pathways in a flexible, client-centered way.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
CBT is a structured, collaborative, and goal‑oriented approach that I use to help clients understand the relationship between their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. In practice, CBT begins with helping clients identify unhelpful or distorted thought patterns and the ways these contribute to emotional distress or ineffective behaviors. I work with clients to evaluate the accuracy and usefulness of these thoughts.
Motivational Interviewing
I use MI to help clients explore ambivalence, draw out their intrinsic reasons for change, and develop personalized recovery plans that align with their values and lived experiences. By emphasizing empathy, reflective listening, and non‑judgmental dialogue, MI creates a safe space where clients feel understood rather than pressured.