Licensed to practice in Missouri and accepts 9 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Coping Skills, Depression and 10 more.
(he/him)
New to Grow
I am licensed in Missouri with years of professional work experience with individuals and couples in such areas of stress and anxiety, coping with addictions and substance abuse, relationship conflict, family conflict. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. Working together with individuals using different therapeutic modalities suited for the specific needs of clients and Unconditional Positive Regard; I do not pass judgement, that having understanding, compassion, and empathy for unique individual, we will work together to find resolve from whatever you would like to overcome or explore unto solution. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life.
If you decide that you would like to meet with me, the first session includes going over ethical standards and practices so that you have insight a feeling of respect and safety for personal and private information and self. After going over HIPAA and the ethical piece and if you find that it is acceptable we will then continue. We will take the time to get to know one another to make sure that I am a good fit for your personal needs as well as that you find some resonance that the expectations you have for outcomes can be addressed and possibly produced throughout working together. I am a very laid-back individual who believes authenticity and transparency. I always hold myself with unconditional positive regard knowing that everybody experiences life differently and it is never mine to pass judgment. I completely understand that individuals may not be receptive to therapeutic jargon, when working with individuals it'll be much of conversation That will bring insight and different perspectives to what you are experiencing so that you may possibly apply it to have the outcome you are looking for for your well being. Some of the modalities that I use ACT, CBT, Solution Focused, Transactional Analysis, Radical Acceptance and many more. I believe that every individual is unique and their experiences are also unique, I believe that therapeutic dynamics are not to be applied unless viable to the individual that I'm working with. My focus is not about the particulars of a certain therapeutic dynamic it is about the individual in using a holistic approach or the different unique aspects of the biological psychological and sociological situations that an individual may be experiencing or may have had impacted by certain degrees of experiencing things and situations in life. This is an opportunity for you and I to work together Do you find the different perspectives to produce a more positive and fulfilling understanding of what you may be experiencing as well as come to a solution that is beneficial for your quality of life.
I believe that unconditional positive guard is a must in the therapeutic dynamic working with one another means that you will have empathy, compassion, and understanding about what the individual is going through without passing any personal judgment or bias towards the individual. I personally believe that therapy must be holistic in approach and it must address not just a particular part of an individual life but how it is in totality or the whole of the individual. I enjoy working with individuals that are invested in self and that they are here in a therapeutic working relationship with myself to find better outcomes for their individual unique whole self. When I work with individuals I and transparent and authentic throughout and will match the energy and dynamics of the individuals that I am working with so that it makes a more congruent relaxed Environment that is beneficial for the wellbeing the client. The working relationship is tailored toward the individual Before you steer your own ship It is my privilege to assist in providing different means in ways of processing dynamics that may have impacted the individual's life they're willing and wanting to overcome. Transparency, authenticity, Truth, unconditional positive regard. Helping individuals process an apex dynamic and giving insight into how they're interconnected with the different facets of the individuals Life experience helps them not only learn new skills and tools in the ways of looking at, processing personal experiences, But it is my goal for the individual to have a new skill set and outlook or perspective that they may apply for the longevity of their life for a better quality. my background with working with individuals, I have experience working with individual therapy dynamic, couples counseling, special needs, LGBTQ, Individuals living with anxiety, depression, bipolar, BPD, NPD, The list goes on For most things within an individual's life are comorbid where they exist with other different facets that may be impacting other different areas therefore again the best for an individual is to look at it as a holistic from the biological, psychological, and physiological responses that you experience from internalizing and externalizing. But we'll get into that if you would like to meet.
The ideal client for myself and working with an individual is that they have the want and desire to make the changes that they would like to improve their personal well-being and quality of life. Individuals that are looking for personal clarity and personal growth willing to accept and adapt to new tools and a mindset from a different perspective that may help them move forward in a positive manner. It is about accountability, transparency, authenticity, The genuine desire for change for self.
Other specialties
I identify as
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
One of many methods, this one best fits the holistic view that there are many different aspects in an individual's life that can be impacted by a singularity that they may be experiencing that is causing discomfort or roadblocks within their personal life. Using act as a holistic view it helps an individual look at their life and dynamics in a different way so that they find a perspective and an understanding that resonates with their personal self-helping them find enlightenment or understanding and becoming more crystallized or self-actualized validation of self
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Helping individuals map out thought processes and perceived or notice feedback from internal to external and how they are processing cognitively, what is the common or the situations that may be causing discomfort or roadblocks within a person's life as well as a way to process different aspects that are causing strife or discomfort within an individual's life from an internal meaning thought process of self and who you are identifying and what is such things as anxiety, depression, or whatever it may be that is causing discomfort for the individual. Also understanding how this applies to any external situation, stimulation or experiences that you have and may process internally what is yours to own and what is yours to let go What is yours to take accountability for what is yours to accept.
Jungian
Using in depth talk therapy that we'll explore the unconscious mind to resolve deep seated emotional issues The goal of Jungian Is to find a better understanding and a deeper meaning of individual self by exploring the deep introspective nature of the clown
Psychoanalytic
Exploring deep rooted aspects that may be impacting the individuals Self concept weather being desires, repressed memory, unresolved conflicts.