Welcome! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a master's level sexologist. I received my Masters of Clinical Social Work and Master of Education in Human Sexuality at Widener University. I have been a social worker for 13 years and a clinical social worker for five years. I help couples and individual with interpersonal challenges communicate better and reconnect. I also help couples and individuals process developmental trauma(s) that negatively effect their ability to maintain healthy relationships with themselves and others.
In the first session, we'll start with introductions. I will share a little about my background and how I came to do what I am doing. I will also ask questions to get an in-depth oral history of the couple or individual. I will also provide an explanation of the therapeutic process and the trajectory of therapy. The oral history will help to inform a personal treatment plan that we will create in the second session.
I greatest strength is creating an environment that helps the client to feel calm. As a result, clients leave feeling better than they entered. Also, my social justice, womanist, and healing-centered approach to therapy helps clients to feels validated and seen.
I love working with adults who realize that the ways they used to relating is no longer working, and they want to develop new skills and insight. I love working with clients who recognize that they deserve to feel calm and secure, but they may not know how to access the tools to experience a sense of peace.
I utilize Gottman Method Couples Therapy to assist couples with reconnecting and learning how to communicate effectively and maturely.
I assist individuals and couples with understanding that they have to feel their emotions in order to process them.
I utilize this integrated approach to assist individuals and couples with processing trauma, by validating and loving all the parts of themselves.
I utilize this bottm-up approach to assist individuals and couples with self-regulation and reconnecting to their body.