New to Grow
I’m a psychotherapist who supports adults looking to expand their strengths and resources to create positive change. My approach is collaborative, goal-oriented, and person-centered. Emotions can feel overwhelming at times, so we can work on navigating this for a stronger sense of self as well as building healthy relationships. I graduated from Central Connecticut State University and am licensed to practice counseling in Texas. I am an avid learner continually seeking out new modalities to share with my clients. My specializations are in DBT, Motivational Interviewing, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, and EMDR. When I’m not in the office, you can find me teaching dance, working out, and baking yummy stuff to share with friends and family.
I welcome clients as warm, inquisitive and participatory. My style is straightforward yet compassionate, providing active listening and practical tools to help you regulate emotions, accept challenges, and grow in gratitude and strength.
I'm passionate about counseling, and bring this energy to share with my clients. I lean towards modalities that are respectful of client's experience and goals, and see clients in the driver's seat. Clients work collaboratively with me, and their treatment plan is a working, living document.
I enjoy working with people seeking to improve their family/partner/peer relationships, transition from college to work or changing careers, transitioning to empty nesters, transitioning to new lifestyle after an illness, adjusting to/dealing with a mental health diagnosis of a child or other family member, seeking ways to incorporate more activity/physicality into their lifestyle for improved quality of life, recognizing self-worth, newly diagnosed as ASD or ADHD
I identify as
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
Depending upon areas in which clients wish to improve, I focus on interpersonal skills, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, or mindfulness. It can be good to return to mindfulness periodically to see which grounding techniques are preferred for each client. Wise Mind and Radical Acceptance are concepts that I share and practice with clients often, in addition to Inner Critic and the many acronym named skills that can be helpful, including DEAR MAN, RAIN, TIPP, FAST, and GIVE.
Motivational Interviewing
I use reflecting, active listening, open-ended questions, guiding client in values exploration and creating a hierarchy of most important personal values; the atmosphere of this being client-driven, thus client can credit him/herself for the work in creating a shift towards their goals.