(he/him)
New to Grow
I was Born in Pennsylvania and Raised here in the City of Las Vegas Since I was 8 years old. I joined the United States Navy at 18 years old. I Served in active duty from 2011- 2016 as a Navy Corpsman both Domestically and abroad. After serving in the United States Navy, I honorably discharged and began my Academic career at The Pennsylvania State University-Altoona where I obtained my Bachelor's of Science in Psychology and a Minor in Human Development and family Services. I then attended The University of Nevada, Las Vegas where I graduated as a part of the Chi Sigma Iota Honor Society, with my Master's of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2022. Some of my hobbies include yoga, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu where i have received a purple belt, and Spending time with my dogs.
Our first session is where we build rapport and we get to know each other and just have a general conversation of your goals and review your intake paperwork with a few baseline assessments. We then move into goal setting.
I bring my authentic self to a session with over 10 years of healthcare experience, over multiple different life seasons. I believe the best way to conduct therapy is meeting the client where they are at and having general conversation while integrating modalities into the casual conversation. Carl Rogers once said, " If I ever have to use a therapeutic technique and the client notices, I am not showing up for them how I wanted".
My dream client is a person who has been through a lot in life and is looking to find their resilience. They are very motivated to get into the trench and find ways past their past and make a brighter future. They are either a person struggling with C-PTSD, PTSD, Dissociative disorders, Anxiety, Major Depressive Disorder, Men's issues, Gender identity, or Military and first responders as I am a veteran myself.
Other specialties
I identify as
Trauma Informed Care
As a therapist it is important to treat clients with care and empathy and approaching difficult pasts gently are just as important. I show empathy and care to the client, memory and emotion surrounding trauma creating a safe place to explore trauma and find resilience.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
Being able to use language that helps reorganize conscious and unconscious thinking related to incidents further strengthens hypnosis or emotional work. It recodes the brains innate code of thought
EMDR
Using the bodies left and right motions helps the brain reprogram or process information faster. Think of the last time you were on the phone, and you were walking while talking to someone and it helped you process and have the difficult conversation. You were doing EMDR you just didn't realize it at the time.
Hypnotherapy
Using hypnosis and increasing the level of authentic relaxation helps you find a way to access th unconscious mind that is holding all the power to your healing and lifts the veil between the conscious and the unconscious making healing happen faster and easier for the client. This also helps rewire pain and severe trauma, suicidality and Major Depression. It is also a great way to traverse the timeline of past, present, and future life.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Every emotion is a part of you. They have their own jobs and ways they handle situations. Using parts and memory we can heal the emotions stuck in memories and help them lighten the load of emotional trauma and stress. To give an example, This modality is just like the movie "Inside Out".