Areas of Expertise
Counseling
You can trust that you can say and be yourself and not worry about being judged. Counseling is growth, looking at events in different ways, accepting that we are all on this Earth for a short time and attempting to be happy. There is no one size fits all. My skills as a therapist help me build positive relationships that create a environment where information can be exchange without fear.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on challenging and changing unhelpful cognitive distortions and behaviors, improving emotional regulation, and the development of personal coping strategies that target solving current problems.
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is the use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change and overcome problems in desired ways. Psychotherapy aims to increase each individual's well-being and mental health, to resolve or mitigate troublesome behaviors, beliefs, compulsions, thoughts, or emotions, and to improve relationships and social functioning.
My Approach
My approach to therapy is to meet people where they are in life and help them get to where they want to be. I understand that we all have areas that we would like to improve. My main focus is giving people the tools to allow them to like themselves. My experience working in hospice has led me to appreciate how short life is and we should take advantage of the time we have and be happy.
According to NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), one in five people in the United States lives with a mental illness. Millions of people have mental health issues and manage to live productive lives, but some need a little help. Whether you manage anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, P.T.S.D., substance abuse, bipolar disorder, or any other mental health concern, you can get treatment and find a sense of balance. The key is to get treatment as soon as you recognize there is a problem. The stigma surrounding mental illness is unfortunately prevalent and people are hesitant to call diagnoses illnesses because they don’t want to admit there might be something wrong. The first step is to be confident in understanding that we can work through this together.
