Hi! I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 7 years of experience including my training as a graduate student from Nova Southeastern University in Florida. I enjoy working with clients on their specific needs and ensure that their treatment goals are focused on learning how to thrive independently! I believe that all clients deserve care catered specifically to their reasons for seeking treatment rather than using the same model of therapy for all clients. I find this has yielded the most success as clients can confidently complete therapy with skills they feel work for them that they have learned throughout the therapeutic process.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In our first session together, we will go over a bit of your background and history just for me to get to know you, your interests, your strengths, and of course how to address what you are coming to therapy for. I ensure a confidential and comfortable space as I am always humbled by clients being willing to be open and honest with me and share with me what may be very vulnerable to open up about.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I think one of my greatest strengths as a provider that I have often been told by clients is that I ensure that clients can feel like they are in a safe space, while also being challenged to confront the difficult aspects in their life. Although I want to see my clients feel comfortable, I value the importance of stepping out of the comfort zone by challenging clients to become empowered by their discomfort.
Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.
I love working with clients who are ready to be a part of the treatment and their success in meeting their goals. We work together to identify your reason for coming to therapy, the goals you want to accomplish, and see what is the best way and fit for you to meet those goals. I have worked hard to learn how to help clients who have experienced trauma, which many individuals may not even realize they have experienced a traumatic event, and I see that we focus on ways individuals no longer have trauma taking over their lives. I also see that this applies to clients who are affected by depressive and anxious symptoms as nobody wants to be controlled by depression and anxiety, and we work together for you to gain that control back.