Services
About My Clients
Mindy has experience providing diagnostic assessment for adults, adolescents, and children including use of DC:0-5 for children age five and under. She provides a wide range of psychotherapy for families, couples, and individuals. She has received extensive training in providing therapy to those who have experienced trauma. She has completed adoption competency training for adoption, foster care, and guardianship families. Additional area of expertise is couples work using Prepare/Enrich.
My Background and Approach
Mindy emphasizes a strengths based and family systems approach with clients while incorporating relaxation, mindfulness, and play techniques. She also utilizes Solution-Focused and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies. Her background includes helping clients with depression, anxiety, trauma, relational difficulties, social emotional development, grief, and life stage stressors so that they can improve their quality of life. She utilizes Accelerated Resolution Therapy (A.R.T.) for clients with PTSD and a range of symptoms (anxiety, depression, abuse, etc.). A.R.T. is an innovative eye-movement therapy designed to decrease the emotional reactivity and distressing symptoms experienced following a traumatic event. She is also certified in both Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) a narrative approach for school aged youth and Trauma Informed Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) a relational therapy for young children.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
Mindy is an active member of her community, involved in many pursuits and area groups. She teaches yoga classes in her community. She is an animal lover who has a cat and a dog.