As a therapist, I believe everyone is the expert of their own lives, and sometimes we need assistance sorting through all the clutter in our minds. I believe a major way to gain clarity is through overcoming and navigating life’s breakdowns and challenges. There is something liberating about embracing our imperfect selves and being brave enough to face reality. Along with being a therapist, I am also a wife and a mother of two, so I understand how difficult it can be to navigate life wearing many hats.
In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions, then have you explain the specific challenges you're facing. This will help me create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow-up sessions.
Growing up, my family moved often, which allowed me to experience different types of people and develop cultural sensitivity. My diverse background and cultural sensitivity have helped me gain and maintain cultural competence, which gives me the ability to effectively apply counseling skills to culturally diverse client populations. My background has also made me very open-minded, and I allow my counseling sessions to be judgment-free so clients can speak freely.
I have experience counseling through stressful life events, relationship challenges, treating obsessive-compulsive disorders, addiction disorders, anxiety disorders, and depression disorders in adults and adolescents.
This treatment can be used for obsessive compulsive disorder, compulsive and obsessive behavior, phobias and other anxiety disorders. Being exposed to triggers and preventing the use of compulsions to build tolerance of the trigger.
ACT uses acceptance, mindfulness, and behavior change strategies to help accept life experiences as they present themselves and learn to adapt to them.