I am a licensed clinical therapist who specializes in supporting individuals through grief and bereavement, serious illness, and major life transitions. I work with clients in navigating loss, change, and uncertainty- whether following the death of a loved one, a medical diagnosis, or a shift in identify, relationships, or roles. When I am not in session with a client, my career is working inpatient and outpatient with patients and their families facing serious illness, and/or grief and loss.
The first session you can expect a gentle, supportive space focused on getting to know you and understanding what brought you to therapy. There is no pressure to tell your entire story or grieve or process in a certain way. We move at your own pace. You can expect to have time to talk about your loss, or life change, or situation, and how its impacting your daily life, emotions, and relationships.
My approach is compassionate, collaborative, and grounding in helping clients process complex emotions at their own pace. Together, we can focus on coping with loss, finding meaning, and rebuilding a sense of stability and hope. My goal is to help clients feel less alone, develop emotional resilience, and move forward with greater clarity, strength, and self-compassion.
My prospective client would be able to be themselves, to process raw emotions, and know they will be met with a non-judgmental, open spaced approach to sit in difficult emotions.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
I have experience with a certification course with Marsha Lenihan. The major principles are: mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness and distress tolerance. I find DBT is helpful in providing the tools that are needed to accept and tolerate difficult life circumstances, while actively changing the things we are able to change – all in the effort of building a life worth living.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I find using a combination approach to therapeutic interventions is most helpful. With CBT I use skills to help address automatic thoughts and help process and reframe those negative thoughts to then affect the unwanted behavior. CBT is very practical and can be taught so that clients can use it for themselves.
Christian Counseling
When clients are spiritual, I find they like to relate to someone who is also spiritual and holds similar spiritual values. I have grown up and still am strong in the Christian faith. Helping navigate difficult life transitions using faith often times lightens their burden and I find people who are of faith background has faith as a cornerstone in most aspects of their life.