LCSW, 4 years of experience
I'm an Indiana LCSW who engages in honesty-oriented therapy. Authenticity, vulnerability, and transparency are the bedrock of your progress. Compassion, connection, and unconditional positive regard are the cornerstones of my approach. Like a treasured friend, I'll be your trusted source of support and a sacred confidant. As your therapist, I'll sift through the "tea" to find the barriers that are keeping you and peace at odds with one another! Together we will work through personal dilemmas, past traumas, and distorted thought patterns. Challenges can feel like mountains, but you and I (with the help of evidence-based practice methods that are proven), will scale them all!
During our first session, I'll ask open-ended questions and engage in active listening as you relay insights about the type of support you need and what you're hoping to gain from our interactions. I will offer feedback in consideration of meaningful goals and allied support toward successful outcomes. At the end of our first interaction, you'll have newfound clarity and confidence. Most importantly, you'll feel peace and certainty that comes with knowing you're no longer in this alone.
I employ empathetic conversational skills in dark moments where consolation is required. Showing up with grace, when life throws you grit, is my gift. But beyond that, I offer persistent belief that things will always get better and it's a value I stand by to this day. If you're navigating estrangement, divorce, heartbreak, fear over finances, family conflict, depression, or anxiety you can count on me to listen, validate, encourage, and sit with you in the "suck" and pull you up to new heights of triumph and resiliency. Therapy isn't just my credentialed skill-set, its my testimony and purpose.
You are the pilot of this journey we embark on together! You likely have a vision for what successful outcomes you hope to achieve and you (with my help, of course) will ultimately define the purpose for our time together! I'll assist you in creating goals that reflect your true desires rather than regurgitated clinical jargon that doesn't feel personal.
I incorporate a variety of theoretical approaches and interventions to tackle your unique circumstance, including narrative therapy, cognitive behavioral, person-centered, and mindfulness therapy. As your provider, I'll involve you in an exploration of treatment options that suit your defined goals and satisfy your desired therapy experience!