Welcome! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina. As a millennial therapist, I bring a unique perspective and understanding to the challenges faced by today's generation. I specialize in helping clients navigate the complexities of modern life, from managing stress and anxiety to building healthy relationships and cultivating self-compassion. I am passionate about creating a supportive and non-judgmental space where clients feel safe to explore their thoughts and emotions. Focusing on empowerment and resilience, I work collaboratively with my clients to develop practical skills and strategies that promote emotional well-being and personal growth. I'm here to help you navigate challenges with compassion and expertise. Together, we can work towards achieving your goals and building a fulfilling life."
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
During our first session, my primary goal is to get to know you and understand what brings you to therapy. We'll discuss your current concerns, challenges, and goals for therapy, as well as any relevant background information. This will help me tailor our work together to meet your specific needs.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
My sessions provide a warm, empathetic, and non-judgmental space where clients feel truly heard and understood.
Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.
Whether you are dealing with past trauma, seeking personal growth, or aiming to enhance your overall well-being, I am here to provide a supportive and non-judgmental space where you can feel understood and empowered.
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Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
As a specialist in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), I focus on helping clients develop skills to manage emotions, improve interpersonal relationships, and cope with distress. My practice emphasizes mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. I work with individuals experiencing a range of challenges, including borderline personality disorder, mood disorders, and trauma. Through a combination of individual therapy and skills training, I aim to empower my clients to create a life worth living, integrating DBT principles into every aspect of treatment.
EMDR
EMDR therapy is a structured treatment that helps you process and recover from past traumas or difficult life experiences. During an EMDR session, we'll focus on a specific memory or event that is causing you distress. While you think about this memory, I'll guide you through a series of eye movements, taps, or sounds. These bilateral stimulations help your brain process the memory in a new way, allowing you to reduce the emotional intensity associated with it. The idea is that traumatic experiences can get 'stuck' in our brains, causing ongoing distress or negative thoughts. EMDR helps to 'unstick' these memories and reprocess them in a way that they no longer cause the same emotional pain. It's like helping your brain finish what it couldn't at the time of the trauma, leading to healing and relief from symptoms.
Attachment-based
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on understanding and improving the relationships and bonds that influence an individual's emotional development. My work centers around exploring early attachment experiences and their impact on current relational patterns and emotional well-being. I help clients identify and address attachment-related issues, such as insecurity, anxiety, or difficulty in forming healthy relationships. Through a compassionate and supportive therapeutic environment, I assist clients in developing a more secure attachment style, fostering healthier connections with themselves and others.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a practical and structured approach that helps individuals identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors. It focuses on the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. CBT aims to help people recognize negative thoughts, challenge and reframe them, and develop new behaviors and coping strategies. This goal-oriented therapy is focused on the present and aims to improve mood and overall well-being.
Trauma Informed Care
Trauma-informed care is a way of providing support that recognizes the widespread impact of trauma and understands potential paths for recovery. It emphasizes creating a safe, trustworthy, and empowering environment for individuals who have experienced trauma. The key principles of Trauma-Informed Care include ensuring safety, building trust, encouraging peer support, fostering collaboration, empowering individuals, and being culturally sensitive and inclusive. This approach aims to avoid re-traumatization, support recovery, and empower individuals to heal and thrive.