Services
- Individual
- Adolescent/Teen
About My Clients
You may understand your patterns but still feel stuck trying to change them. You may be managing anxiety, ADHD, trauma, depression, difficult relationships, or emotions that feel harder to control than they should. Perhaps you have spent years holding everything together while feeling exhausted underneath. I help adults and teens make sense of what is happening, understand where these patterns come from, and develop practical ways to move forward.
My Background and Approach
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with more than 18 years of experience in behavioral health. My approach is practical, collaborative, and shaped by each client’s needs. I use EMDR, CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic approaches, and attachment-based concepts as appropriate. I help clients understand how past experiences, relationships, and current stressors may be affecting the way they think, feel, and respond. We may focus on developing coping skills, processing trauma, improving emotional regulation, changing unhealthy patterns, or making sense of experiences that have been difficult to put into words. I do not expect clients to come in knowing exactly what they need. We can figure that out together and create a path that feels manageable.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe therapy should feel respectful, useful, and connected to real life. I value honesty, curiosity, and meeting people where they are without assuming there is only one right way to heal or make changes. I am especially mindful of the ways culture, family, community, identity, and access to resources can affect mental health and a person’s experience with therapy. I want clients, particularly those who have not always felt understood by providers or systems, to feel that they can speak openly without having to explain or defend every part of themselves. Outside of counseling, I enjoy arts and crafts, yoga, learning about psychology and sociology, and finding practical ways to make life feel more manageable.