I am a clinical social worker, licensed in Virgina and Maryland with over twenty years of experience working with individuals and families. I am a dedicated and passionate mental health professional with a strong commitment to assisting clients in overcoming challenges and achieving personal growth. With experience in guiding individuals through grief, depression, trauma, anxiety, and interpersonal stress, I utilize a variety of therapeutic interventions including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and Gottman Method Couples Therapy. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Board Certified-TeleMental Health Provider, I create a safe and therapeutic environment.
In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions, then dive into the specific challenges you're facing. This will help me create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow-up sessions. The initial sessions will allow me to gather information about your unique needs and life journey. This initial information exchange in a safe environment will serve as the foundation for building therapeutic rapport and treatment planning.
As a clinician with a wealth of experience working with individuals and couples, I provide successful coaching and therapeutic interventions that will allow you to achieve measurable progress in healing and coping toward positive well-being; you will unleash true potential and embark on a journey to share your gifts with the world.
I utilize cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to help individuals identify, challenge, and reframe negative thoughts. I assist individuals to implement strategies to cope with anxiety in healthy and productive ways.
I Educate individuals on traumatic events and facilitated the process of challenging and modifying unhelpful beliefs related to trauma. Assist individuals in developing new understanding and conceptualization of traumatic events to reduce ongoing negative effects of PTSD symptoms
As a Gottman trained therapist I assist couples in developing the skills and understanding necessary for partners to maintain fondness and admiration, turn toward each other to get their needs met, and manage conflict. Guiding couples on strategies to react and repair relations when they do hurt each other.