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About My Clients
At Rooted Counseling & Wellness, I work with young adults, children, and teens, as well as the parents who love them and aren’t sure how to help anymore. Whether you’re navigating trauma (abuse, PTSD, exposure to violence), grief, anxiety, depression, LGBTQ+ identity, or a major life transition, we work collaboratively to strengthen emotional stability, confidence, and a clearer sense of direction so you can feel more like yourself again.
My Background and Approach
Before beginning my own practice, I spent over ten years providing community mental health in school and non-profit settings. I am not just trauma-informed but trauma certified. I’m trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, play therapy, narrative therapy, and solution-focused approaches. In practice, that means I have a lot of ways to meet you where you are: talk therapy, creative activities, skill-building, whatever clicks with you. My style is collaborative, warm, compassionate, direct, and honest. My practice is holistic, culturally responsive, antiracist, LGBTQ+-affirming, and neurodiversity-affirming. You won’t spend our sessions explaining or defending who you are. You are the expert on your own life. My role is to ask the right questions and guide you in accessing your own insight, reconnecting with your strengths, and moving through what’s been holding you back.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
My practice is built on the belief that therapy is not about waving a magic wand and “fixing” you. It’s about making sense of what you’ve been through, releasing self-blame, and building new ways of living that actually fit the life you’re trying to create.