I help depressed, anxious, and hurting teens find their strength, gain new skills, and get relief from their overwhelming emotions. My goal is to help teens move from crisis to coping while learning to use safe and healthy coping skills in the process. My work in community mental health agencies, an adolescent inpatient psychiatric facility, and as a school-based therapist over 25 years has allowed me to enhance my clinical skills in the areas of trauma, suicidal thoughts, self-harming behaviors, and social anxiety.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
I work best with teens who are open to a blend of creative, real-world, and mindfulness-based strategies, and who enjoy a bit of humor in the therapeutic process.
What treatment methods and tools do you utilize?
I work best with teens who are open to a blend of creative, real-world, and mindfulness-based strategies, and who enjoy a bit of humor in the therapeutic process. I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectal Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
After over 25 years in the field, I have a broad range of work experience in multiple settings with children and adolescents. I have worked with a variety of clients and difficulties. I prioritize my continuing education around strengthening my current skills, learning new evidence-based techniques. and adding new skills to my therapeutic toolbox. I am a Registered Play Therapist and Supervisor. I am certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) for children and teens; Certified in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy; and certified as Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional-Child & Adolescent. I am trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). But that’s not all: I am a registered Yoga instructor and trained in Jon Kabat Zin’s Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). And because I love running, I became an RCAA Certified Running Coach.