LMHC, 11 years of experience
New to Grow
Salutations! Let's take a healing journey together. I strive to provide an atmosphere of compassion, empathy, and safety to promote growth and the overall well-being of my clients. I am a licensed mental health counselor, EMDR trained, and registered art therapist with over a decade in trauma informed experience and healthy relationship education. My approach to therapy is primarily person centered with an integration of modalities and methods that include EMDR, cognitive behavior therapy, art therapy, solution focus, sand tray therapy, and talk therapy to best meet the needs and desires of each client. I believe each client is the expert in their life. I receive great joy in the privilege of traveling and assisting them in their journey to develop the best version of themselves.
I am dedicated to creating and maintaining a welcoming, therapeutic, and judgment free atmosphere for my clients. In our first session we will lay the foundation for a therapeutic alliance by getting to know each other. The primary focus during this session to learn and understand your needs and desires through a discussion of past experiences, goals, and reason for seeking therapy. Expectations for treatment and therapy policies are also shared during this session. The length of the first session varies between, 60-120 minutes, based on the service requested and the information required by the your insurance carrier. From there we will develop a plan tailored to your expressed goals and needs, which will be used to guide future sessions.
I have a passion for seeing others thrive and celebrating them. My greatest strength is empathy and the ability to meet a client where they are. The ability to meet clients where they are and empathize allows the experience of therapy to be tailored made towards the unique needs and personality of each client. Empathy gives me the ability to see an individual, their experiences, and the emotion driving them. My ability to empathize and meet clients where they are aids the creation of a safe, judgement free environment, promotes rapport, and encourages exploration and change. In therapy, I am known for maintaining an honest, relatable, down to earth attitude with an flexible, exploratory, and humorous personality. This is my way of modeling for my clients...it is okay to be you.I believe that there is room for all our emotions and it is my aim to assist my clients in the ability to recognize, honor, and utilize those emotions in a manner leading them towards a healthy and fulfilling life.
I have a deep enthusiasm for clients who are feeling stuck, invisible, afraid, or maybe, internally angry and asking themselves the why's and how's of life. You know, how do I manage? How can I get ahead? Why did I respond that way? Why do I continue to make these types of choices or behave in this way? Why does this keep happening to me? The most important questions are Who and What... Who am I and what is my purpose? Many of my clients question their ability to succeed or fear failing/disappointing others despite receiving praise or recognized successes. My clients often desire and recognize the need for change, but have experienced a life that does not give them the roadmap to the change they are seeking. My clients want to fall in love with themselves, heal feelings of brokenness, and alleviate feelings of loss, loneliness, emptiness, and deep despair. My clients are individuals who are seeking change and are ready to take the necessary steps towards enhancing their life. Clients I work with are committed to learning and applying new skills, in and outside of sessions, to achieve their goals. Over the last 11 years, I have had the honor of working with a diverse range of clients from preschool to senior citizen, with issues that include (but not limited to) self esteem building, confidence boosting, chronic pain, stress management, anxiety, trauma, parenting, and PTSD related treatment. I am a huge advocate for self awareness, emotional maturity, and the development of self efficacy to maintain a healthy balance and presence across all domains in life. My current practice accepts ages 13 to to 85+.
I believe each person is unique and the expert of their life. I life to create an environment that this laid back, therapeutic, and judgement free.
The use of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) uses bilateral stimulation to reprocess memories and reduce or alleviate impacts of trauma and fear. I derive pleasure out of seeing growth in self esteem, self efficacy, and sense of security through the use of EMDR.
I utilize a diverse selection of methods and interventions to meet the needs of each client. Clients can expect an experience they may include talk therapy, mindfulness, solution focus, sand tray, and art therapy (Artistic skills are not necessary to benefit from this mthod.)
The use of CBT provides clients the ability to transform behavior through the restructuring their thought process. Client learn to manage thoughts, cope with emotions, and alter behavior to enhance there life experiences.
Providing psychoeducation to my clients allows them to make informed decisions and promotes increases in solution focus, acceptance, commitment to treatment, and movements towards a higher quality of life.