I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor and Certified Sex Adiction Therapist Candidate. I currently work in a private practice setting in the heart of Houston, Texas. I am experienced in assessing and treating individuals of all ages and specialize in working with individuals and families utilizing cognitive and behavioral-based treatment. In addition, I utilize a family systems evaluation and diagnostic approach, psychodynamic/analytic interpretive style, solution focused and crisis therapy techniques. I primarily work with individuals, couples and groups with anxiety, and depression, substance use and sex addiction. Over the past 30 years, I have worked in a number of mental health settings inclusive of including acute intensive outpatient programs (IOP), partial hospitalization program (PHP), short term residential (RTC) program, and acute and long-term inpatient psychiatric hospitals.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
As a client you can expect honesty and integrity. You can expect to be heard and your goals to be outlined to achieve a greater balance. You will always be respected, and confidentiality is paramount. Each session will build on the previous and treatment goals and milestones will be defined.
What treatment methods and tools do you utilize?
Making the decision to engage in the treatment process can feel overwhelming, frighting and exhaustive. However, the process and outcomes can be very rewarding. Treatment begins with an exploration of your story and how to best establish homeostasis as you see it. Exploration of past and present relationships, experiences, and struggles so that a deeper understanding of self can be achieved. Greater self-awareness allows for the opportunity to make intentional choices, increased confidence in your authentic self, and navigation of future struggles in an effective way.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
My strengths as a therapist are consistency, knowledge and solution focused thinking. Most patients are complex in their issues and I possess the expertise and life skills to aid in your ongoing recovery.
Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.
Depression, Anxiety, Grief/loss, Anger, Substance use, Sex Addiction in the following populations: individual, couples and groups.