I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), National Board Certified Counselor (NCC), a Certified Case Manager (CCM), RN, and Ordained Minister. My goal is to provide affordable counseling services to individuals, couples, and families who are facing challenges with their mental health and relationships. I use an eclectic approach that pulls from various modalities of therapy that can be beneficial to your situation, while applying these through a Christian lens.
In our first session we will do an assessment of your current functioning, brief history, set some initial goals for our time together, and complete a safety plan. This process allows me to get to know important information about you quickly while we set the course for our journey together.
Having been in the healthcare field for almost 3 decades has allowed me to have a vast array of experience across populations ranging from Veterans, children, couples, families, eldercare, parents, and antepartum women. I also have been involved in pastoral ministry since 2005, which has given me unique experience with helping people through spiritual crises, grief, and family challenges.
All therapy is provided through a Christian Theocentric method. As an Ordained Minister with the Church of God, I will utilize therapeutic methods that may be beneficial to your treatment and align with your values and worldview.
Couples counseling is designed to improve communication, explore conflicts in a constructive environment, and promote empathy towards one another leading to healing in the relationship.
CBT is designed with the understanding that our thoughts produce our emotions and reactions, rather than our emotions controlling us. Strategies are taught to improve self-regulation and identify common thought pattern errors.
Grief is not something we just "get over," but rather something we walk though and learn to carry with us. Therapy is supportive and designed to instill hope.
Structural Family Therapy can help your family identify strengths, and positive patterns of interaction, as well as negative ones. Strategies are taught to improve reactions to one another within the family.