I have been a licensed marriage family therapist for over a decade and a licensed professional clinical counselor for almost 10 years. I work with clients in life transitions and collaborate with them in teaching healthy coping skills and creating a treatment plan to assist them in reaching their goals. My life experience as mother, grandmother, pastor's/chaplin's wife has shaped me into a person that has lived many life transitions working with people from all walks of life.
A sense of knowing you have been heard, understood and collaborative partnering to create a treatment plan tailored to work on your goals at your pace.
My life journey and training has molded me into being empathetic, understanding, collaborative, skillful, respectful, culturally aware, trauma focused, and person centered. I use these strenghts and skills to create an atomosphere and relationship that is a safe space to be heard and work as a team on your goals.
I graduated from a Seminary that specialized in training psychotherapist with Biblical integration. I welcome clients who what to integrate therapy with their Christian faith, without a cookie cutter approach. I work with clients at their pace, where they are in their spiritual journey. I am also an Afro-American, biracial woman, that understands the struggle many people of color face struggling with micro aggressions in the work place and the impact it has in all life domans.
I have found the therapeutic benefit of combing one's spirituality in counseling to aide in bringing peace, and comfort to the soul. I provide Christian counseling for those who request it. When it is combined with therapeutic tools and interventions positive change has been achieved in many cases.
As a person thinks in their heart, so are they. Our thoughts create our feelings, from which our behavior and life choices flow. CBT, has many helpful tools to assist in positive life change.
I provide psychoeducation in mediatition, guided imagery, mindfulness, progressive muslcle relaxation, diaphragmatic breathing and other healthy coping skills that are known to bring relief and help in achieving goals.