The best time to begin or restart your life's journey is NOW!. I'm a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor based in California. I received my Master of Science Degree from the National Louis University - Illinois in 2004. I provide comprehensive psychotherapy services. I utilize a culturally competent approach to assessment, and believe that psychotherapy requires the ability to understand culture, socioeconomic factors and ethnicity. I utilize several therapy modalities including, but not limited to, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help individuals with emotional challenges and thinking errors. My approach helps individual learn techniques to reduce and manage anxiety, function in the healing of trauma, improve depressed mood, reduce stress and burnout, change negative core beliefs to positive beliefs, and manage anger. My approach begins with establishing a therapist-client relationship by creating a safe, nurturing nonjudgmental environment to address your concerns and challenges. In addition, I understand addiction and the challenges that people face who struggle with substance use. I can assist you with determining if your substance use is problematic and help you find a recovery process that works for you.
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. This will help us create a tailored plan for you to work through in follow-up sessions.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
Having worked with individuals and couples for over 15 years, I've developed a tried-and-true playbook for helping individuals identify the root causes of their challenges and create a tailored plan that leads to measurable progress.
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Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I have utilized this therapy for individual/couples therapy to help individuals identify and challenge negative thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to emotional distress. It equips them with practical coping strategies and problem-solving skills, promoting positive changes in how they think and act. Utilization of this treatment method aims to improve emotional well-being and reduce symptoms of conditions such as anxiety and depression, empowering individuals to lead healthier, more fulfilling lives.
Cognitive Processing (CPT)
I have utilized CPT over the past year with individuals who present with trauma/abuse history. I utilize this therapy to help people recognize how trauma has changed their view about themselves, others, and the world. The Cognitive Processing Therapy helps people with PTSD by addressing and changing unhelpful thoughts and beliefs related to their trauma. These thoughts are called "stuck points" in CPT because they keep people stuck and get in the way of trauma healing/recovery. I assist individuals to become unstuck using this therapy - unstuck from negative thought/behavioral patterns.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
I have utilized EFT with couples over the past 5 years to assist partners in identifying undesirable behaviors (i.e., shutting down or angry escalations) as "protests of disconnection." EFT helps couples enhance their emotional connection by identifying and changing negative interaction patterns that lead to conflict. It fosters attachment and intimacy by promoting open communication about feelings and needs, ultimately helping couples develop healthier, more secure relationships. EFT guides couples to express their emotions and strengthen their bond, leading to greater relationship satisfaction.
Motivational Interviewing
I have utilized this treatment method with individuals who have substance use issues, adolescents and teens because it is a person-centered, non-confrontational counseling technique that prompts behavior change, and this treatment methods helps elicit behavior change by helping individuals explore and resolve ambivalence
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
I have utilized DBT over the past ten years to help individuals manage intense emotions and improve interpersonal relationships. I utilize this treatment method because it focuses on teaching skills such as mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. Individuals learn how to integrate acceptance and change strategies to assist them with coping with emotional difficulties and reducing self-destructive behaviors.