Hello! I am a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 11 years of experience. I provide a supportive and engaging counseling atmosphere. I believe clients play an active role in their recovery process and should be treated with the utmost dignity and respect. When clients come into my office, I meet them where they are, understanding that they may have experienced stress and trauma. As an effective counselor, I accept them as they are and strive to help them heal.
In our first session, we will begin to acquaint ourselves with each other. I will share some information about myself, and ask you a series of questions to better understand you and your objectives for therapy.
With more than ten years of experience as a therapist, I believe that the most effective counseling relationship employs client-centered and strengths-based treatments that are personalized for each client’s personal goals, strengths, barriers, and needs.
I specialize in providing therapy services to individuals aged 18 to 50 who are highly motivated to achieve their therapy goals. My approach involves helping clients understand their thoughts, feelings, and self-sabotaging behaviors and work towards making positive changes in their lives, putting in the necessary effort to bring about lasting change rather than seeking a quick fix.
Practicing mindfulness helps you focus on the present moment or your current thoughts, feelings, actions, and physical sensations.
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, MBCT, is a modified form of cognitive therapy that incorporates mindfulness practices, such as present-moment awareness, meditation, and breathing exercises.
Aiming to help people objectively evaluate how to think about themselves, others, and events in their lives.
Understanding the tug of war that takes place between the different systems and sections of the brain; understanding that everybody has competing fears, fantasies, ambitions, rules for how they should be, and so on.
Helping clients to manage their OCD thoughts, images, and urges so they eventually stop bothering them as much. This lets them overcome their fear responses and regain the control that OCD tries to take away.