LMFT, 20 years of experience
New to Grow
Hello, I am excited to be available for both in person and telehealth sessions! I have a long history of working in Mental Health, working with a wide variety of people and enjoying the honor of being part of their journey. I love the time I spend with clients and enjoy all aspects of our experience together, including challenging times, joyous experiences and everything in between. I feel my job is to assist you however you need me to. My belief is "something is always knocking at the door to come in" It is my job to help it come in.
I spend the beginning of the session sharing with you my past work experiences and my unconditional support with nonjudgmental approach. That is if clients would like to have me share my history so they can know who they are speaking to by my past but also hear me express the enthusiasm of getting to know them. I invite them to share what is comfortable with me for the first session. I have found many would prefer to jump right in and share their concerns but others are appreciative to begin at a slower pace. There is no right or wrong way for clients to show up when seeing me, as each session is as unique as the clients I meet with.
I came to realize I utilize all the therapeutic approaches. I learned to meet the client where they are at and then bring to them the approach that appears to be right fit for them. I have found this to have good results which I believe causes our therapeutic relationship to grow and flourish.
I feel I have no real specialty as I have worked in so many areas in Mental Health and diverse populations that I see "people" and have learned that in working in diverse populations, there is common denominators to the experience of being human.
I have found in my experience that assisting clients to start from what is going well and empowering clients to succeed.