A little bit about me personally. I am originally from Southern Illinois. I attended SIU and completed my Bachelor’s of Social Work in December of 2012. After taking a semester off, I moved forward to obtain my Masters of Social Work which I completed in May of 2014. Since completing my education, I have worked as a therapist with adolescents with extreme trauma in a residential setting. I then worked with the public schools in Williamson County to provide therapy in the schools to students with a variety of disorders, including behavior disturbances. I have worked with children, adolescents, and adults in an outpatient setting for the past 3 years. I have found that therapy is my passion and I look forward to helping you discover how therapy can improve your quality of life.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
Together we will identify what is impacting your daily functioning and practice specific coping skills to improve your quality of life. If you have been thinking about starting therapy, stop putting it off. Even if it's just a couple of sessions, you deserve to treat yourself with some insight and growth. I look forward to helping you get there.
What treatment methods and tools do you utilize?
I am trained in Brainspotting, and trauma informed care. As well as Cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness therapy.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
Life events can cause anyone to experience symptoms of anxiety and/or depression. How you respond to these symptoms makes all the difference in your overall health. Together we will work to identify your goals of managing these symptoms and develop steps to reduce their affect on your day to day life. Sometimes these life events are traumatic, which can cause much longer term effects on your health. Processing trauma, no matter how long ago it happened, is vital to moving forward past the traumatic event.