Hello! I am a licensed marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) currently seeing clients virtually throughout California and Texas, and with about 6 years of experience. I enjoy helping adult individuals become their authentic selves in a world that tries its best to control who they are and how they identify. I help clients with anxiety, life transitions, use trauma informed care, and EMDR trained.
In our first session, I will ask open ended questions to get to know you more, your experiences, and what you expect from our therapy sessions. I will bring my authentic self to sessions as well, which I would describe as warm, thoughtful, friendly, and casual.
I am very authentic, while still being professional. My clients have told me my authenticity has helped them feel comfortable in sessions to be themselves without judgement.
I utilized trauma informed care by creating an understanding of your past trauma, to connect how it effects your current emotions, thoughts, and actions. I will help you process your trauma, including challenging and unlearning unhealthy thoughts and behaviors connected to you trauma.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a way of processing trauma or other distressing memories. EMDR is holistic and somatic, in that it helps process trauma that effects your emotions, thoughts, and body. As trauma can be held in the body, EMDR helps create connections in the body and mind.
I utilized psychodynamic by exploring clients early life experience, and connecting how those experience effect your current thought patterns and behaviors. Psychodynamic is a great way to help clients unlearn unhealthy behaviors and understand where those behaviors came from.
I utilize mindfulness by increasing clients awareness of self. I use mindfulness by helping clients be present and grounded. Mindfullness is great for anxiety and stress, in it helps you feel calm in order to think more clearly and understand your needs.