I have been a practicing clinician since 2016 and have worked in mental health field far longer. It brings great joy to walk alongside those wounded and frustrated by life. I take a client centered approach (as therapy is such a personal choice) and I utilize the individual's direction as to where they are currently as well as what they are motivated to get accomplished.
The first session is a wonderful opportunity to build rapport and create attainable and measurable goals. This is a great time for clients to ask questions about how therapy can go as well as how I can best support them.
I pride myself in being flexible and creative with a warm, nonjudgmental, but challenging approach.
I work with an eclectic array of treatment modalities, but primarily under the cognitive behavioral umbrella. I primarily work through the lenses of rational emotive behavioral therapy but am also trained in trauma informed CBT.