New to Grow
I’m a licensed therapist with over 15 years of experience helping adults who feel stuck in anxiety, low mood, or persistent inner tension. Clients often come to me after other approaches haven’t fully helped, and leave with greater clarity, emotional stability, and a stronger sense of internal direction. My work focuses on understanding why patterns formed so change can last.
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
In our first session, we focus on understanding what brings you in, what you’ve already tried, and what feels most stuck. I’ll ask questions that help us see patterns clearly without judgment or blame. Together, we’ll begin outlining a direction that feels both practical and meaningful.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
My greatest strengths are clarity, structure, and the ability to integrate practical tools with deeper insight. I help clients connect the dots between past experiences, current patterns, and present choices in a way that feels steady and empowering. Clients often say they feel understood and less overwhelmed after our work together.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
I work best with thoughtful adults who experience anxiety or depression and want more than symptom management. Many are faith-oriented, but all are self-reflective, and functioning well on the outside while feeling unsettled inside. They are not in crisis, but are ready to understand themselves more deeply and move forward with intention.
Integrative
Integrative therapy draws from multiple evidence-based approaches to meet the unique needs of each person. Rather than focusing on symptoms alone, we look at emotional regulation, meaning, identity, and lived experience. This allows for both insight and practical change.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I use CBT for structure and skill-building, combined with integrative approaches that address emotional regulation, meaning, and identity. This allows us to work with both immediate symptoms and the deeper patterns that sustain them. The focus is practical, sustainable change.
Christian Counseling
Christian counseling integrates psychological insight with a client’s faith and values. I work with identity, meaning, and spiritual formation in a way that respects personal beliefs and avoids shame-based frameworks. Faith is used as a source of clarity, stability, and growth—not pressure.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
IFS helps clients understand the internal parts that developed to protect them during stress or adversity. By increasing awareness and compassion for these patterns, clients experience less inner conflict and greater clarity. This approach is especially helpful for anxiety, rumination, and self-criticism.
Attachment-based
This approach focuses on how identity, beliefs, and meaning shape emotional experience over time. Many anxiety and depressive patterns resolve when the underlying identity conflicts are addressed. The work is reflective, structured, and forward-moving.