Hi there! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) located out of North Carolina. I received my Master's degree in Social Worker from UNC-Charlotte and have combined expertise as a medical and clinical social worker with more than 11 years of experience. I help young adults and teens with life transitions, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, relational conflict, people-pleasing qualities, building self-confidence, work, and school stressors.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
Our first session will be treated as an intake appointment and an introduction to who I am as a therapist and the approach that I take working with new clients.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
My years of various work experiences as a medical and clinical social worker has enabled me to have a greater understanding for how the body and mind impact each other. I am able to help clients identify and process through overwhelming emotions and develop healthy coping skills to manage when these waves of heighten emotions states appear.
Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.
I love working with young adults and teens who are struggling with their self-esteem, relationships, and life stressors that keep a client stuck in their distorted thinking patterns and anxious and depressed feelings.
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Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Experienced using CBT to help clients who struggle with anxiety, relational conflict, life transitions, and building self-esteem. In using this treatment, introducing the cognitive triangle showing how, 'emotions, thoughts, and behaviors' are interacted.
Compassion Focused
Experienced helping to guide and support clients in learning about giving themselves permission to be human and show self-kindness and patience they would share for others.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
This is a modality I use to help client with complex trauma history to identify and process parts of themselves and how these parts have different roles and purposes. In trauma work, understanding how these parts continue to play out in our adult interactions is key to understanding the different kinds of roles of protectors, managers, or exiles.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
Experience with this treatment method is helping clients to name their "big emotions" and then learn how to effectively regulate and cope with these big emotions. This step-by-step modality teaches clients about "Wise Mind" and how to achieve this more balanced experience of their relationships and emotions.