LCMHC, 9 years of experience
I am passionate about assisting individuals with improving their quality of life and daily functioning during the most delicate and vulnerable times in their lives. I work with adolescents, adults, couples and families by helping them to develop coping strategies, improve mental health/interpersonal skills, and techniques to decrease life stressors and mental health symptoms that negatively impact personal functioning and quality of life. I am a Certified Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapist and focuses on the effective treatment for those that have endured sexual, physical, emotional, childhood and domestic abuse. I consider myself to be an Integrative Psychotherapist, which means I use a variety of orientations and therapies to be able to meet the client’s individual needs.
In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions, then dive into the specific challenges you're facing. Together, we will identify your challenges and goals - where you want your life to be a month, six months, a year from now. This will help me create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow-up sessions.
Having worked in the mental health field for over 20 years, and counseling for 8 years, I have worked with all types of clients, I have learned to tailor my approach to custom fit each client. My greatest strength as a therapist is to help you get to the root of what it is that you need and help you uncover the solutions for that need.
I love working with individuals that are eager to improve but are looking for tools to make this goal a reality. We will explore what works best and how to maximize your strengths to help you overcome obstacles in your life.
I work with adolescents, adults, couples and families with developing coping strategies, mental health/interpersonal skills, and techniques to alleviate life stressors and mental health symptoms that negatively impact their personal functioning and quality of life. I am also a Certified Trauma Focused therapist focuses on the effective treatment for those that have endured sexual, physical, emotional, childhood and domestic abuse. I also utilize evidenced based psychotherapies such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Attachment Theory, Psychodynamic Theory and Family Systems Theory. I consider myself to an Integrative Psychotherapist, which means that use a variety of orientations and therapies according to the client’s individual needs.
6 ratings with written reviews
June 19, 2025
I love my therapist! She helps me see all perspectives of any situation I share with her. She is funny and I feel safe sharing my authentic feelings with her!
May 27, 2025
Was very understanding about my medical issue and having to reschedule. I have chronic pain so I was very thankful she was understanding about it. :)
May 8, 2025
Christel listened to me and made me feel seen. She identified the area in my life that has been challenging for me and set up a plan on how she plans to teach me new skill sets to help me in that area. I can't wait til my next session with her!