I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with 12 years of counseling experience. I received a Bachelors Degree in Social Work and a Masters of Education in Counseling Education from Southeastern Louisiana University. I am also a National Certified Counselor. I am licensed in Louisiana, Texas and Idaho. I work with adults who may be struggling with adjustment issues, stress, anxiety, and depression.
In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions. We will work on building rapport and getting to know one another, then we will discuss the specific challenges that you are facing. This helps me create a plan that will help you develop attainable goals that reflect your needs as well as your strengths.
My greatest strengths: being an emphatic listener who creates an open environment that allows you to express yourself in a nonjudgmental space; collaborating with you to get to the core challenge to help you identify what you need to succeed. I believe that you are the expert on all things you and collaborating is key in our work together.
In our sessions, with CBT, we will explore how your thoughts, actions, and feelings influence your behaviors. I also use this to help you identify your feelings and behaviors. challenge your negative thoughts and reframe those thoughts to create positive thoughts that will help you with everyday life struggles.
With Solution Focused, we will focus on finding solutions rather than focusing on the problem to help bring about changes that will positively impact your life. We look at the problem and tackle it together to solve the problem.