Services
- Individual
- Family
- Child
- Adolescent/Teen
About My Clients
People can give a list of problems, issues, dysfunctions and say These Are My People, but in my experience (of over a decade) the people who do their best work with me are characterized by a personality fit not a problem. You and your problem aren't the same thing, because you are firstly a person. What you originally identified as the problem may actually be a symptom or a hiding other issues. If we as people work well together the problem, can change and we'll still successful.
My Background and Approach
I have a bachelors degree in Theater and Communications from a tiny school and a masters in counseling (shortened title) from Oklahoma City University. I've been working professionally as a counselor for around 13 years primarily with children and their families, but adults are also welcome to come to me for themselves. I was introduced to Trust Based Relational Intervention early and have a lot of experience with attachment issues, adoption/fostercare, and early childhood relational problems. I have more than the usual amount of experience with ADHD and Autism and how to help people understand and adapt for their unique brains. I've also worked with a lot of anxious people. My approach is to be playful and warm, develop a nervous system level sense of safety, and go as deep into biology or as high into intellect as is needed to produce the change you want to see to live a better more fulfilling life.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe that all people MUST make their own decisions for themselves. Someone somewhere will argue with you no matter what you do and if you are just acting on someone else's belief without ever making it your own you will eventually crack under the pressure. Even if it's the wrong choice, you have the right to make it. I also have the right to help you think through how others may use their autonomy in response, but at the end of the day we all have the right to be wrong, learn, grow, change our minds, etc.... I believe that all people are made in the image of God and as such have a spiritual part to who they are, body, soul, mind, etc... and are uniquely valuable and should be treated with a level of dignity and respect no matter what.