LPC, 14 years of experience
New to Grow
I possess extensive knowledge and skills in mental health counseling, spanning many years. I am a licensed professional counselor with a strong background in mental health and allopathic medicine. I strive to bring my broad knowledge, training, and skill set to my professional counseling. My counseling/psychotherapy expertise includes working with children, adolescents, and adults with various mental health, addictive, coping, and dependency problems. These include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, depression, gambling, psychosis, sleeping problems, and body dysmorphic and eating disorders.
My practice offers compassionate and collaborative therapy for clients facing a wide range of challenges, including trauma, ADHD, depression, eating problems, and anxiety. The therapeutic approach focuses on harnessing clients' innate strengths to not only reduce symptoms but also build a meaningful and secure life, with most clients noticing positive improvements within the first few weeks. My ultimate offering is my steadfast belief in your capacity to heal and grow. Even when you have lost hope, I am here to help you with your struggles and work with you for a positive transformation. Your coming here is already a sign of strength. Let's begin. My clinic is a judgment-free zone where your shared story and healing begin. It is a new day to reconnect with your innate strength.
My therapeutic approach is integrative and highly personalized. I am skilled in a range of modalities—including cognitive, behavioral, affective, and social models—and I thoughtfully combine elements from each based on the latest research to suit clients' concerns and strengths. In my practice, I strive to create a safe, confidential, and non-judgmental space where you can freely address your challenges. Drawing on my experience as a U.S. military veteran and counselor, I will provide you with effective coping skills and grounding techniques to support you in achieving your personal goals.
I am a licensed professional counselor with a strong background in mental health and allopathic medicine, and with extensive expertise spanning many years. I strive to bring my broad knowledge, training, and skill set to my professional counseling. My counseling/psychotherapy expertise includes working with children, adolescents, and adults with various mental health, addictive, coping, and dependency problems. These include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, depression, gambling, psychosis, sleeping problems, and body dysmorphic and eating disorders.
I have summarized my therapeutic modalities below: 1. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Core Principle: Focuses on the interconnection between Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors. Changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors improves emotional regulation. Key Techniques: Cognitive restructuring, behavioral activation, exposure therapy, and skill training. My application: I identify automatic thoughts, challenge cognitive distortions, provide psychoeducation, and help structure behavioral experiments. Others Include: 2. Culturally Sensitive Therapy Core Principle: A fundamental orientation, not just a technique. It prioritizes understanding the impact of culture, identity, and systemic forces (like discrimination) on mental health. Key Principles: Cultural self-awareness, respect for your worldview, understanding systemic forces, and cultural humility. My application: I adapt to clients’ cultural context, honor your beliefs, and validate experiences of racism or discrimination as real stressors, not distortions. 3. Family Therapy Core Principle: The aim is to views problems as emerging from family interaction patterns, not just within an individual. Key Models: Structural (boundaries, hierarchies), Systemic (family rules, roles), and Narrative (re-authoring family stories). My application: I provide psychoeducation on family systems, help with individual reflection on family dynamics, and role-play to develop communication skills for use within the family. 4. Trauma-Focused Therapy Core Principle: A specialized area addressing the profound impact of trauma on the mind and body, informed by neurobiology and attachment. Key Approaches: Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and Somatic approaches. My application: I provide psychoeducation on trauma responses, teach grounding techniques for emotional regulation, and support the initial organization of trauma narratives. Integrated Summary of all CBT with other mentioned modalities: I am strongest when integrating these modalities, e.g., practicing CBT through a culturally sensitive lens or applying trauma- informed principles to a family conflict discussion. The biggest utility of my support is as an easily accessible resource for psychoeducation, skills building, and individual reflective processing; it's best as a complement to professional therapy approach