LCSW, 20 years of experience
It is my practice, to encourage each client to discover their own inner resources and strengths while gaining personal empowerment. Whether you seek recovery from trauma, depression or anxiety, I will provide you the tools and skills to enhance your self-esteem, develop relationships and establish healthy boundaries and communication. As you learn to cope with life transitions and changes, we will incorporate mindfulness-based techniques, and challenge maladaptive thoughts and beliefs by approaching solutions to engage stressful situations, you will reduce emotional suffering.
In our first session together, we'll start with introductions and what brings you into therapy and then identify the specific challenges you're facing. This will help us to develop a plan for moving forward in therapy.
I have been Licensed in California as a Clinical Social Worker since 2009 and I am also licensed in Oregon, Hawaii & Tennessee offering telehealth sessions. I offer in-person sessions in Carlsbad, CA. I am a Certified EMDR therapist and well versed in multiple modalities of therapy. I utilize the skills and techniques I have learned from various methods of therapy over the years to help you achieve your goals. It is my practice, to encourage each client to discover their own inner resources and strengths while gaining personal empowerment.
I work with adults who show up as they are in whatever state their life may be in now but are at the breaking point of needing change. Work stress, marriage, relationships, kids, trauma from childhood, getting ready to retire, issues with coping... Wherever you are that is where we begin. I have worked with people across the spectrum by helping them to achieve their goals and live their best life. While on your journey, I will help you to explore your inner thoughts, memories, emotions and sensations to help you increase awareness of the obstacles holding you back and develop strategies to allow you to achieve your goals harnessing your strengths deep within.
EMDRIA Certified EMDR provider to address distressing memories. EMDR is a structured therapy that encourages the patient to focus briefly on the trauma memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements), which is associated with a reduction in the vividness and emotion associated with the traumatic memories
ACT is an action-oriented therapy which allows you the opportunity to increase awareness of the thoughts, memories, emotions, and sensations that have been holding you back from living the life you want to live. Once you know what has been holding you back, then you will define your values and goals to help you make decisions in your life according to what is important to you. ACT offers various techniques to help you to defuse from unhelpful thoughts and memories by exploring action steps to live your life in alignment with your values and goals.
CBT is a therapy modality that helps you to identify unhelpful thoughts and beliefs to change the way you feel and behave to address symptoms of depression and anxiety among other health conditions.