Licensed to practice in Florida and accepts 9 insurances. Specializes in Child or Adolescent, Coping Skills, Anxiety and 9 more.
(she/her)
New to Grow
Being a kid today is a lot harder than most adults realize. I help youth and adolescents navigated pressures of academics, social circles, and shifting family dynamics. Together, we'll work on building emotional resilience, managing, stress, and discovering who you are. This is a space to vent, figure things out, and be your authentic self. I specialize in empowering youth to break free from anxiety, depression, and anger. Using evidence-based approaches like CBT and DBT, among others, we will focus on real-world tools to help you manage intense emotions, regulate stress, and improve communication with the people in your life. Let's team up to help youth process difficult emotions, buiold self-esteem, and learn coping skills. Are you tired of feeling dyregulated, overwhelmed, or disconnected even as an adult? You feel exhausted after spending all day trying to keep it all together. You want to finally feel present, grounded, and at peace. We can work together to unpack root causes of imbalance. I use a variety of techniques to assist with you with becoming more self-aware, set healthy boundaries, and build sustatainable coping strategis.
First sessions, will mostly focus on starting to build initial rapport. Not every therapy relationship works out, I want to make sure that you are comfortable and feel that we will make a good fit. We will make sure all necessary documents are completed and basic information will be gathered.
I have spent majority of my career with a focus on youth, adolescents, and young adults. I believe meeting the client where they are is extremely important. Do you need someone to vent to or would you rather take moments to sit in silence? I love providing empathy and unconditional positive regard to my clients, but I also maintain appropriate boundaries. I want the therpeutic experience to be collaborative and interactive.
You may be prepared for therapy if you are ready to engage, reflect, and tackle hard questions. Are you ready to look internally at yourself and become more self-aware? Are you set to put in some work? Therapy can give you the tools but it can't use them for you. Therapy is an active partnership not a "quick fix." Be willing to step out of your comfort zone, explore uncomfortable emotions , give honest feedback, and practice personal accountability.
Other specialties
I identify as
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
This method focuses on identifying and challenging negative thinking patters. It gives you the ability to connect your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to crate paractical skills to better manage anxiety, depression, and stress of everyday life.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
For those who experience intenst emotions, self-harm, trauma, or addition this is a more intensive method. It balances the four key areas of minduflness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness to help individual balnce acceptance of reality and make necessary behavioral changes.
Eclectic
This is a highly flexible and personalized option that combines various parts of different methods to adapt to individualized needs.
Motivational Interviewing
This is a collaborative client-centered approach that empowers individual to find their own reasons and confidence to adopt healthier behaviors and increase instrisic motivation for change.
Strength-Based
This approach focuses on the resilience and resources you arleady have, rather than dwelling strictly on deficits, weaknesses, or shortcomings.