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About My Clients
I work with people who are trying to understand themselves, change patterns that no longer serve them, or navigate periods of life that have become difficult to make sense of. Clients often come to me with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, identity questions, grief, major life transitions, or a general sense of being stuck despite knowing what they want to change. I see children, teenagers, adults, couples and families.
My Background and Approach
I am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in Kentucky with a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Harding University. My clinical experience includes individual, couples, and family counseling, with work involving anxiety, depression, trauma, identity development, addiction, relationship difficulties, life transitions, and questions of meaning. My approach draws from several traditions, including experiential and existential therapy, systems theory, depth psychology, and Ericksonian hypnosis. Rather than relying on a single technique or assuming that one approach will work for everyone, I tailor therapy to the person in front of me. I tend to be curious about patterns: what keeps repeating, what has been difficult to change, and what might be happening beneath the surface of the problem. Depending on what is useful, therapy may involve conversation, experiential exercises, metaphor, symbolic exploration, somatic awareness, or hypnosis.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I don’t believe everything in life is necessarily figureoutable—and I think that’s okay. Some things can be solved. Some things can be changed. Some things need to be understood. And some things may simply need to be lived through, grieved, accepted, or given a different meaning. I believe people are more complicated than any diagnosis, symptom, mistake, or chapter of their lives. I also believe that meaningful change doesn’t always happen by forcing ourselves to think differently. Sometimes it begins with becoming curious about what is already happening within us. I value honesty, curiosity, personal responsibility, compassion, and the freedom to examine our lives without having to immediately arrive at an answer. I also believe strongly in the autonomy of the people I work with. My personal beliefs are my own, and they are not something I impose on clients. Your values, beliefs, worldview, culture, spirituality, relationships, and decisions belong to you.