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New to Grow
I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas and Pennsylvania. I provide compassionate, trauma-informed therapy for adolescents and adults who are experiencing anxiety, trauma, stress, burnout, and life transitions. My approach is warm, integrative, and faith-sensitive, combining practical coping tools with deeper emotional healing tailored to each client’s unique needs. Many of my clients are high-functioning on the outside but internally exhausted, anxious, or emotionally overwhelmed. I offer a supportive and collaborative space where clients can slow down, heal from past wounds, build healthier coping skills, and create lasting emotional change. My goal is to help clients feel emotionally safe, empowered, and supported as they move toward healing and growth.
Your first therapy session is a space for us to begin getting to know one another and discuss what brings you to counseling. We’ll talk about your current concerns, personal history, goals for therapy, and any challenges you may be experiencing emotionally, mentally, or relationally. My goal is to create a supportive, nonjudgmental environment where you feel safe, heard, and comfortable moving at your own pace. During the first session, we’ll also review important information about the counseling process, answer any questions you may have, and begin identifying your therapy goals. You do not need to have everything “figured out” before coming to therapy — the first session is simply the beginning of your healing journey, and we will work collaboratively to determine the best path forward together.
What stands out most about my therapeutic approach is the balance of compassion, authenticity, and evidence-based care I bring into the counseling process. I strive to create a space where clients feel emotionally safe, genuinely seen, and supported while also receiving practical tools and deeper healing work tailored to their individual needs. My approach is trauma-informed, integrative, and holistic, meaning I thoughtfully combine therapies such as EMDR, IFS, CBT, ACT, DBT, and expressive approaches based on what will best support each client. I work with many individuals who are high-functioning on the outside but internally struggling with anxiety, burnout, trauma, perfectionism, emotional overwhelm, or unresolved pain. Clients often share that they appreciate feeling understood without judgment and value the way therapy with me feels both grounded and meaningful. My goal is not only to help clients cope with symptoms but to help them build lasting emotional healing, healthier patterns, greater self-awareness, and a stronger sense of peace, confidence, and connection in their daily lives.
My ideal client is an adult or older adolescent who appears “high functioning” on the outside but internally feels emotionally overwhelmed, exhausted, anxious, disconnected, stuck, or weighed down by unresolved experiences. They are often thoughtful, self-aware, compassionate people who care deeply about others but struggle to extend the same grace and care to themselves. Many of my ideal clients are women, helping professionals, educators, caregivers, ministry leaders, parents, college students, or professionals balancing multiple responsibilities while silently carrying stress, trauma, perfectionism, people-pleasing tendencies, anxiety, or emotional burnout. They are often seeking more than symptom relief. They want deeper healing, emotional clarity, healthier relationships, peace, confidence, and a stronger sense of identity and purpose.
Other specialties
I identify as
EMDR
EMDR is a highly researched 8-phase protocol proven in treating PTSD, Complex PTSD, and other traumas.EMDR is one of the primary trauma-informed approaches I use in my practice to help clients process distressing experiences, reduce emotional overwhelm, and move toward lasting healing. I have experience using EMDR with individuals struggling with trauma, anxiety, grief, life transitions, attachment wounds, sexual abuse, chronic stress, and negative self-beliefs that continue to impact present-day functioning. In my practice, EMDR is never a “one-size-fits-all” process. I take time to help clients feel emotionally safe, grounded, and prepared before beginning deeper trauma processing. I integrate nervous system regulation, resourcing, and coping skills into treatment so clients feel supported throughout the process. I use EMDR to help clients: Process traumatic memories and distressing life experiences Reduce anxiety, panic responses, and emotional triggers Strengthen self-worth and healthier core beliefs Address attachment wounds and unresolved grief Improve emotional regulation and daily functioning Move from survival mode into greater peace, clarity, and confidence As a Christian EMDR practice, I also respect and incorporate clients’ faith when desired, while maintaining an individualized and clinically grounded approach. My goal is to help clients heal in a way that feels safe, empowering, and sustainable.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a compassionate, evidence-informed approach that helps clients understand the different “parts” of themselves that may carry pain, fear, shame, anxiety, or protective roles. I use IFS to help clients develop greater self-awareness, self-compassion, and internal balance. In my experience, many individuals feel frustrated or disconnected from parts of themselves that react strongly emotionally, shut down, people-please, overwork, avoid conflict, or stay stuck in survival patterns. Through IFS, clients begin to understand that these responses often developed as protective strategies rather than personal flaws. In practice, I help clients: Identify and understand protective patterns and emotional triggers Build compassion toward wounded or vulnerable parts of themselves Reduce shame, inner criticism, and internal conflict Increase emotional regulation and self-leadership Heal attachment wounds and trauma responses Develop healthier relationships with themselves and others I often integrate IFS alongside EMDR and other trauma-informed approaches to support deeper healing while helping clients move at a pace that feels emotionally safe and manageable.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a practical, goal-oriented treatment approach that helps clients recognize how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors influence one another. I use CBT to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns, build healthier coping skills, and create meaningful behavioral changes. In my practice, CBT is often helpful for individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, stress, low self-esteem, perfectionism, relationship difficulties, and life transitions. I work collaboratively with clients to increase awareness of negative thought patterns while helping them develop more balanced, realistic, and supportive ways of thinking. I use CBT techniques to help clients: Identify distorted or unhelpful thought patterns Reduce anxiety, worry, and catastrophic thinking Improve emotional regulation and coping skills Build healthier routines and behavioral habits Increase confidence and self-esteem Strengthen problem-solving and communication skills My approach to CBT is warm, collaborative, and individualized. I believe clients benefit most when therapy feels both practical and emotionally supportive.
Integrative
Integrative Therapy is a flexible and individualized approach that combines evidence-based treatment methods to meet each client’s unique needs, goals, personality, and experiences. Rather than relying on a single counseling model, I thoughtfully integrate different therapeutic approaches to create a treatment plan that best supports each individual. In my practice, I may combine elements of EMDR, CBT, IFS, ACT, DBT, Person-Centered Therapy, trauma-informed approaches, mindfulness, and expressive techniques depending on what will be most effective and supportive for the client. I use an integrative approach to help clients: Receive personalized and individualized care Address emotional, behavioral, relational, and spiritual concerns Develop practical coping skills and deeper emotional insight Process trauma and unresolved experiences Improve emotional regulation and resilience Create lasting and meaningful change My goal is to provide therapy that feels collaborative, adaptable, and responsive to each client’s unique journey and healing process.
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a mindfulness-based approach that helps clients develop greater psychological flexibility by learning to accept difficult thoughts and emotions while taking meaningful action aligned with their values. In my practice, ACT helps clients move away from constant emotional struggle or avoidance and toward a more balanced, purposeful, and values-driven life. Rather than trying to eliminate all uncomfortable thoughts or feelings, clients learn healthier ways to respond to them with greater self-awareness and compassion. I use ACT to help clients: Develop mindfulness and present-moment awareness Reduce avoidance and emotional struggle Increase psychological flexibility and resilience Clarify personal values and goals Improve coping with anxiety, stress, and difficult emotions Take meaningful action aligned with what matters most I often integrate ACT with other trauma-informed and evidence-based approaches to help clients build both practical coping skills and deeper emotional healing.