LPC, 6 years of experience
I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania and New Jersey with a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Temple University (2019). Before becoming a therapist, I worked with at-risk youth in classrooms and community settings, helping them build resilience and emotional safety. Today, I provide counseling for individuals facing life challenges, relationship difficulties, and co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. My work focuses on helping adults find hope, stability, and strength as they move toward lasting recovery and meaningful change.
The first session is about getting to know you—not just your struggles, but your story, values, and goals. Together, we’ll talk about what brings you to therapy, explore what you hope to gain, and set clear expectations for our work together. You can expect a mix of open, conversational dialogue and some structured assessment to help me understand your background and needs. By the end of our first meeting, we’ll begin shaping a personalized treatment plan designed to help you reach your goals at your own pace.
Over the past five years, I’ve worked closely with adults determined to break free from addiction and reclaim their lives. I understand the unique obstacles recovery often brings—legal pressures, job loss, broken trust, physical and emotional health challenges, and the uncertainty that comes with rebuilding. My approach combines clinical skill with compassion, offering a space where you can feel supported, understood, and empowered to take the next step forward.
I specialize in working with adults who: Are struggling with substance use disorders or co-occurring conditions Want to make a change but feel unsure where to start Value a safe, judgment-free space to explore their thoughts and emotions Are ready to engage in therapy as a step toward healing and stability If that sounds like you, you’re in the right place. Healing doesn’t happen overnight—but you don’t have to do it alone.
Evidence shows that at the core of many mental health struggles lie cognitive distortions. Many of us subconsciously maintain ideas and attitudes that are unhelpful or untrue. I have received education and training in the use of dialectical methods to uncover, identify, challenge, and replace such distortions to ameliorate mental health struggles. This is called cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). I have successfully implemented CBT skills in the treatment of depression, anxiety, substance use disorder, and PTSD. I have received training from the Medical University of South Carolina in the use of CBT in the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Sometimes the therapeutic process is about changing attitudes and behaviors that are causing problems in our lives. One of the greatest practical challenges to changing is readiness to change. Often people have good reasons to change, and good reasons not to change. I have received formal education in the transtheoretical model of change, assessment of stage of change, have been certified in the use of basic and intermediate motivational interviewing skills, in helping to enhance motivation for change through therapeutic interventions, identifying and overcoming obstacles to change, and supporting individuals as they move along the continuum of readiness to change.