LCMHC, 10 years of experience
New to Grow
Do you find yourself walking through a tough time, as though you are facing more than you can handle? Do you feel alone with nowhere to turn? It would be my honor to walk alongside you as you face trials, pain, change or isolation. To help you navigate through life with meaning and regain a sense of hope. To see you step into freedom from worry, unhealthy thoughts, shame, or self-doubt. Wherever you find yourself, I’d like to meet you there. I believe it is okay to be exactly where you are. However, for your sake, I do not believe it is okay to stay there. God has so much more for you and I would be honored to have the opportunity to help you discover it.
Our first session will involve discussing current symptoms and stressors, as well as, relevant history. We will set goals and discuss your expectations for counseling.
I truly care about people and what they’re going through. I’ve always felt drawn to walk alongside others in their hardest moments—not to fix everything, but to help carry the weight and remind them they’re not alone. I find meaning in sitting with someone in their pain, listening without judgment, and helping them make sense of things at their own pace.
While I work with a variety of diagnoses, most clients attending therapy report issues with: worry, fear, sadness, unhealthy thought patterns, self-doubt, shame, difficulty managing stress and emotions, trauma, difficult life transitions, etc. Treatment is specifically tailored to the individual and to resolving symptoms that are keeping them from thriving.
As a Christian counselor, I consider the role that spirituality plays in your mental health journey and how it can be used as a resource for healing and understanding your place in the world, as well as, giving meaning to suffering and hardship.
The major goals of CBT are to work together to: identify negative thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to emotional distress and challenge and reframe these thoughts into more balanced and realistic ones. CBT can be applied through structured exercises or talk therapy.
My approach to couples counseling typically focuses on understanding and addressing unmet needs, communication issues, conflict resolution, forgiveness and resentment.
Solution-Focused therapy is all about finding what works and doing more of it. It involves troubleshooting coping skills to see what works for a particular individual.
We all have a story to tell and we get to choose how we tell it. Narrative therapy involves exploring and re-authoring the stories we tell about our live to emphasize growth, perseverance, resilience, strength and purpose.