Services
- Individual
- Couples
- Group
About My Clients
Are you struggling with relationships, mood, anxiety, or disconnection? Perhaps you have tried to manage this pain through avoidance, sex, social media, video games, food, or work. And then as soon as these behaviors stop, the painful feelings come right back, sometimes worse than before. So now you are feeling hopeless and ashamed on top of the pain you started with. This shame can be crippling and it can feel like there is no end. I am here to say that there is hope and I can help you heal.
My Background and Approach
I have over six years of counseling experience in a variety of settings. These experiences of allowed me to develop an extensive network of methods to work with my clients with where they are at. I am gentle and compassionate while holding you responsible for your progress and goals. When working with my clients, I work hard to educate you on your emotional, cognitive, and behavioral experiences to improve your own sense of yourself. With that insight, comes action. Actions such as using varying coping skills, both ones designed to reduce distress as well as skills to tolerate distress so that you can feel prepared and confident in different situations. We can work on ways to have healthier relationships with certain behaviors, such as sex or food, so that you can live a fulfilling but sustainable lifestyle. I employ many emotional processing and relational techniques, including Attachment-Focused EMDR to help with unresolved pain, trauma, and "stuck" core or unhelpful beliefs.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe that everyone has the capacity to change. I believe that true healing is a balance between self-love, compassion, and understand with accountability and responsibility. I believe all behavior, even the most destructive and painful, is purposeful and well-intentioned at its core. Maybe your anxiety is trying to keep you safe; maybe your negative thinking is trying to protect you from being hurt again; maybe your harmful behaviors are trying to soothe your pain, even if for a moment. I am a supporter of the LGBTQ+ community as well as those identifying as polyamorous or in a kink community. While I am a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, I do not believe sex is the problem. I believe our sexuality is an integral and often overlooked part of our lives. With this overlooking, we can mistake our sexual behaviors as healthy when in fact, they are purporting our pain. I believe true healing incorporates the embracing of our sexuality in a non-pathologizing, fulfilling way.