LCSW, 14 years of experience
Navigating life's challenges can be overwhelming, whether you're facing a crisis, grappling with anxiety or depression, or managing situational stress and grief. Together, we can create a pathway to healing and growth that aligns with your personal goals. In our sessions, you'll find a compassionate and collaborative environment where your journey is honored and supported. My therapeutic approach combines solution-focused, experiential, and humanistic methods, empowering you to identify practical solutions while exploring your emotions and experiences in a meaningful way. I believe in your inherent ability to thrive and will work with you to leverage your strengths and resources, fostering self-awareness and personal transformation. With a background in mood disorders, coexisting medical and chronic illnesses, and grief, I offer a holistic and culturally sensitive perspective. I am dedicated to providing a trauma-informed space that respects your individuality and promotes healing through genuine connection and creative exploration. Let's work together to unlock your potential and navigate your path to wellness.
During our sessions, you can expect a welcoming and empathetic environment where I will share my therapeutic approach and cultivate a collaborative, supportive relationship. This is a space where you can openly discuss the challenges you're facing and explore your goals, focusing on what you hope to achieve or change. We'll also take time to recognize your existing strengths and resources, drawing from past successes to empower you and frame the therapeutic process positively. My priority is to create a safe, nonjudgmental, and culturally sensitive environment where you can share vulnerable aspects of your life. Throughout our time together, we'll work collaboratively to identify steps or strategies that you can implement between sessions, ensuring you have practical tools to support your journey. You'll be encouraged to ask questions about the therapeutic process or express any concerns, fostering an atmosphere where you feel comfortable and informed. Ultimately, each session aims to strengthen our therapeutic alliance, refine your goals, and provide a clear overview of how my integrated approach will support your path toward healing and growth.
I excel in supporting individuals experiencing emotional distress due to situational stress, chronic illness, or mental health conditions. My diverse clinical experience enables me to tailor therapeutic approaches to each client's unique needs, offering both solution-focused strategies for immediate relief and experiential techniques for deeper emotional exploration. Using a humanistic approach, I view every client as a whole person, providing empathy, respect, and individualized care. I am dedicated to creating a culturally sensitive and trauma-informed environment, ensuring clients from all backgrounds feel safe and understood. Through my extensive experience and commitment to empowering clients, I aim to make mental health services accessible and impactful, facilitating healing and personal growth.
I may be an ideal therapist for you if you are experiencing emotional distress due to major life changes, chronic illness, or a history of mental health issues. I specialize in delivering tailored, flexible approaches that address your unique needs, incorporating solution-focused strategies alongside opportunities for deeper emotional exploration. If you are looking for a humanistic, culturally sensitive, and trauma-informed environment, I excel at providing empathy, respect, and personalized care, especially for clients from diverse backgrounds. My extensive experience and commitment to accessibility enable me to effectively support individuals seeking empowerment and personal growth through therapy.
As a person-centered therapist, I focus on facilitating a client-driven process, where the therapeutic environment itself acts as a catalyst for change and self-actualization.
In practice, experiential therapists tailor activities to the individual needs and preferences of their clients, creating a safe environment for exploration and growth. The therapist’s role is to facilitate these experiences, providing guidance, support, and reflection as clients navigate their emotional and experiential journey. Through these active processes, clients often gain insights, resolve internal conflicts, and achieve personal breakthroughs.
In practice, I utilize Solution Focused Brief Treatment by emphasizing goal-setting, leveraging client strengths, and fostering a collaborative relationship between therapist and client to facilitate rapid progress.
I use the Humanistic approach to emphasize personal growth, self-awareness, and the individual's capacity for self-direction. I prioritize the individual's experience, intrinsic worth, and the pursuit of fulfilling one's potential in sessions together.
I utilize components of DBT in session depending on personal goals and challenges. DBT skills can be applied to specific situations and supports individuals in managing emotions and behaviors between sessions.