W elcome! I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey with nearly a decade of experience. I earned my Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from St. John’s University almost 10 years ago, and since then, I’ve been dedicated to helping clients navigate life’s challenges. I specialize in working with children, helping them develop healthy, age-appropriate, and relatable coping skills to manage the obstacles they face. I also work with adults dealing with career stress, life transitions, burnout, or simply striving to become the best versions of themselves. Life can feel overwhelming when faced with depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, or other challenges. I want you to know you are not alone. I’m here to provide support, guidance, and tools to help you navigate life’s obstacles and achieve meaningful growth. Together, we’ll work toward creating a life that feels balanced, fulfilling, and authentic.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In the first session, an intake will be completed in getting to know the client, client’s family and health background for me as a therapist to get a full picture of what may be contributing to some of the clients present symptoms as it could be situational, genetics or a number of things beyond the client’s control. Collaboratively we will discuss what brings you to therapy and a plan as to what you would like to get out of therapy, and to determine if the time we are meeting for initial appointment will work for the client moving forward while together we determine the need and frequency of therapy.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I have a strong ability to connect deeply with my clients, creating a safe, warm, and welcoming space where they feel comfortable enough to trust me and become open and vulnerable. I actively listen to my clients, ensuring they feel truly heard and understood. I empathize with their pain and struggles, offering genuine compassion to every single client I work with. I am dedicated to empowering my clients to uncover their own inner strength and potential to overcome life’s challenges. With flexibility not only in scheduling but also in tailoring therapeutic techniques, I adapt my approach to meet the unique and diverse needs of each individual. Above all, I am deeply committed to my clients’ healing, growth, and overall well-being. Together, we will forge a strong therapeutic alliance to collaboratively work toward becoming the best version of yourself, no matter what life throws your way.
Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.
I am passionate about empowering my clients to recognize their own strength and resilience. By developing healthy tools such as building a support system, identifying effective coping skills, reframing perspectives, and implementing self-care, I help clients navigate the challenges life throws at them. My clients demonstrate incredible courage and honesty in acknowledging their need for help, and I am committed to equipping them with the skills and tools they need to confidently face life’s obstacles. Together, we work to transform feelings of sadness, anger, defeat, overwhelm, inadequacy, anxiety and countless other feelings into healing, growth, clarity, and empowerment.
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Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
It allows clients to see their problems and challenges in life in different perspective providing hope and more positive approach to be able to face the challenge minimizing their angst, anxiety, feelings of being overwhelmed, depression and overall negative mindset.
Solution Focused Brief Treatment
Often times clients are looking for an immediate fix to a situation or problem in using this approach it allows the client to focus on current circumstances and hope for the future rather than dwelling on the past that causes clients to feel defeated even before they try a new approach
Interpersonal
It allows me to assist clients in improving relationships with others to relieve mental health symptoms. Using interpersonal therapy I aim to help people identify and address problems in their relationships with family, friends, and partners. The idea is that poor relationships can lead to depression, and that improving relationships can help reduce overall symptoms. I assist clients to focus on the present and try to avoid correcting negative thoughts or remedy the past as often client get stuck there filled with negative emotions of hurt, anger, sadness and even trauma. Instead, utilizing interpersonal therapy approaches helps people understand how their emotions affect their relationships, and how to lean on loved ones for support. Interpersonal therapy can help with a number of issues including conflict, life changes and beginning or sustaining relationships.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
With this approach I incorporate mindfulness practices that include present moment awareness, meditation, and breathing exercises. This approach helps to to address depression and can be helpful in managing anxiety. Using these tools, I can educate clients to be in the here and now as well as break away from negative thought patterns that can cause a decline into a mood-disordered state; and this approach can even help a person fight off a difficult frame of mind before it takes hold.
Compassion Focused
With implementing Compassion-focused therapy I strive to assist those who struggle with shame and self-criticism, which can be a result of abuse or neglect from a partner, parent or even friends and loved ones. from early experiences of abuse or neglect. I work on teaching clients to hone and cultivate the skills of self-compassion and even forgiveness, which can help regulate mood and lead to feelings of safety, self-acceptance, confidence and comfort.