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New to Grow
I am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Registered Art Therapist who works with clients navigating anxiety, trauma, identity exploration, relationship challenges, burnout, and life transitions. I integrate evidence-based approaches such as CBT, DBT, and trauma-informed care along side expressive and creative interventions. I support clients in gaining insight into their patterns, building emotional regulation skills, and reconnecting with a stronger sense of self. At the core of my professional identity, I care deeply for each person and offer honesty, authenticity, and a non-judgemental space.
Before we begin session, you will receive documents to fill out. This helps me better understand the strengths and challenges that you are bringing to our first session. During the first session, we will review the paper work. Of course I can read the paperwork, but sometimes this helps further clarify or is better to hear in your own words what your experience is like. The first session is to better understand what is bringing you to therapy and to better get to know each other!
I bring a unique approach to therapy with my work being grounded in expressive and art therapy approaches. Talk therapy serves a great purpose in cultivating change; however, sometimes it can feel stunted for some people. Integrating art therapy approaches allows us to connect on a deeper level, gain better insight into emotions, increase a sense of safety by putting it in an image, or problem-solve. Additionally, therapy conversations are very powerful but when we create images it also serves as a symbol and connects us to the memory, feeling, or experience when we first made the image.
I especially enjoy working with clients who are interested in deeper self-exploration, healing past wounds, and understanding patterns that may be impacting their current relationships or emotional wellbeing. I am an art therapist and counselor so I work well with clients who find that traditional talk therapy approaches are "good" but may feel like it lacks depth sometimes. If the person is willing, I integrate image making to increase emotional regulation, insight, and problem-solving skills. I really enjoy witnessing client starting to "feel like themselves again" either by increasing positive emotions, practicing self-advocacy, embracing their identity, or increasing feelings of belonging in their relationships.
Other specialties
I identify as
Trauma-Focused CBT
I integrate art therapy and CBT to easily identify thoughts and triggers and increase problem-solving skills. I use trauma-focused CBT interventions to help clients process traumatic experiences while building emotional regulation, coping skills, and a greater sense of safety. This includes psychoeducation about trauma responses, identifying trauma-related thoughts and beliefs, grounding skills, emotional regulation work, gradual processing of traumatic memories, and helping clients reduce avoidance patterns.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
I incorporate DBT skills to help clients improve emotional regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness. I often use DBT techniques with clients experiencing anxiety, mood instability, trauma responses, relationship difficulties, or intense emotional overwhelm.
Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)
I integrate art therapy and exposure response prevention to safely increase exposure to fear, increase coping skills, and image making provides a safe emotional distance from the stressor itself. I use ERP techniques to help clients gradually face feared thoughts, situations, or triggers while reducing avoidance behaviors and compulsive responses. The goal is to help clients build distress tolerance, decrease anxiety over time, and develop a greater sense of control and flexibility.
Jungian
I integrate art therapy approaches with jungian- informed practices to explore and better understand oneself. I incorporate Jungian-informed and depth-oriented approaches to help clients explore unconscious patterns, identity, symbolism, inner conflicts, and personal meaning. This may include exploring recurring themes, dreams, creativity, archetypes, and the relationship between different parts of the self.
Gender-affirming therapy
I offer LGBTQIA+ and gender-affirming care grounded in empathy, collaboration, and respect for each client’s identity and lived experience. I provide gender-affirming therapy by creating a supportive and collaborative environment where clients can explore identity, self-expression, relationships, mental health concerns, and life transitions while feeling respected and affirmed in their lived experience.