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New to Grow
I am an experienced licensed professional counselor who has obtained an MA in Counseling Psychology with a Trauma Focus. Therapy is a personal journey that takes courage to begin. I am here to help you take that first step. I offer personalized online therapy and can help you to overcome your obstacles, reach your goals, create healthy coping tools, process your trauma, and provide a safe space for healing. I combine my understanding, education, and life experiences with a person centered approach to help clients heal from past traumas, navigate through grief and loss, and cope with the everyday stress. When grief, loss, and tragedies happen, we are applauded for our ability to stay strong through the tragedy, but what does being strong mean? Does it mean suppressing your feelings in order to get through the day? Holding back your tears so you can wipe the tears of others? Going about your day like nothing happened? This "strength" is not helping you. This "strength" is hurting you. That tightness in your chest, those swirls in your stomach, constant headaches, aches and pains, and feeling exhausted yet not being able to fall asleep at night, is the "strength" people refer to affecting your body and mind. All of those feelings and thoughts you keep inside, all that "strength," is weighing on your mind and body. True strength is vulnerability and compassion for oneself. The true strength is not numbing to get through the day, the TRUE strength is feeling the uncomfortable emotions, acknowledging the hurtful thoughts, expressing the pain you feel, and talking about the whirlwind of thoughts replaying in your mind. I can offer you a safe and judgment free atmosphere to do just that. You have been there for countless others. Allow me to be there for you.
Our first sessions will be a get to know each other session. This will be a safe space for you to ask any questions you may have. It will also be an intake process where I will be able to gain knowledge about your background, identify goals, and use psychoeducation to explain how and what techniques we will use to work on those goals.
I provide a personal experience where it feels like talking to a friend and through our talks I will be using therapy techniques, that you may not notice, to help the work we do feel more natural. Building a therapeutic alliance is the most important part of therapy because the more you are able to be open and honest, the more we will be able to work on.
I am here for clients that are ready to make a change. That have struggled with grief, anxiety, trauma, and or handling their emotions. Clients that are ready to dive into this therapy journey and take an active role in their recovery. I am also here to help anyone that just needs a safe space to talk about life's every day stresses.
Person-centered (Rogerian)
Person-Centered therapy is important because it allows us to individualize each session because each person is uniquely different.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
CBT is useful in most sessions as it allows us to challenge negative beliefs with evidence creating healthier thinking patterns.
Grief Therapy
Grief is something that every person will experience in life whether it be the death of a loved one, the loss of a friendship, transitional periods in life, and more. Grief can be messy and hard to navigate. I can help you understand, process, and work through your grief in a healthy way.
Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)
ERP is useful for individuals struggling with OCD symptoms. There are a variety of OCD subtypes where psychoeducation and ERP can help you take control of your life again when it feels lost to your compulsions.
Trauma-Focused CBT
During trauma therapy we will identify what defense mechanisms you developed during the traumatic event. These helped you then but as you continue to use them, they may be hurting you now. Once we identify those defense mechanisms we will work to replace them with healthier ones.