I know what it’s like to feel trapped by emotional pain. After losing my mom in 2005 I embarked on a journey through grief that made me the person I am today. The grief will stay with me forever, but I now have life lessons that I’ve learned because of it. I’ve been a licensed mental health counselor for more than 10 years, and I’ve spent my career helping my clients work through grief, cope with postpartum depression and anxiety, and find coping skills that work to decrease panic and anxiety. I also run an Instagram page, @thegirlwithoutamom, where I share tips about coping with grief and other mental health concerns. You don’t have to feel this way anymore. I can help when you feel like you are drowning in pain, and together we will navigate the journey to happiness. I look forward to helping you heal! I can help you. It’s often hard to admit that you are struggling and even harder to ask for help. You will never “get over” the person you lost, but you will find a way to work through the pain and eventually it will fade and become more manageable. I’m living proof of that.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
I believe we can all learn from our struggles, and that we can become amazing people by surviving the pain that often feels unmanageable. No one is immune from pain, including me. I struggled with anxiety from an early age, and never understood what it was or how to cope with it until I became a therapist. Going through my own grief was the catalyst for me to embrace life and live each moment as if it were my last, and I also survived postpartum depression and anxiety after both of my daughters were born. All of this was hard, but I made it, and I believe that you can too. If you want to learn more about how I can help you, send me a message and let's start your journey to healing.
What treatment methods and tools do you utilize?
In each session I focus on what is the most present struggle for you, and we will work together to gain as much insight as we can, and come as close to a resolution as possible. I always keep your main goals for therapy in mind, and we will revisit those goals along the way, and modify them if needed. The session is YOUR time, and I make it my goal to help you get the most out of every single session possible in a comfortable and supportive environment.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I have both personal and professional experience with grief and postpartum depression and anxiety, which allows me to understand these struggles on a deep level as we walk through it together. Empowering my clients is one of my biggest strengths, and I do this through guiding you towards the answers you are seeking and helping you to make decisions that will help you create the life that you want to live.