Counseling Approach
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 I build a collaborative relationship with the client based on respect and trust. Together we develop treatment goals, and I companion and support the client throughout the counseling process until goals are achieved.

I use an integrative approach to counseling utilizing the following practices: Person-centered, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques, Mindfulness-based interventions, Cognitive Processing Therapy, and Expressive Writing to name a few.
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I specialize in helping people through life changes: grief and loss, adjusting to life after divorce or loss of relationship, and pregnancy loss, to name a few. I also specialize in helping people recover from trauma, managing symptoms of anxiety, depression, panic, low self-esteem, and stress. 

Benefits of Counseling
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Some benefits that may be obtained from counseling include relief from problematic symptoms, better self awareness, sorting out thoughts and feelings, arriving at important decisions, increased self esteem, enhanced relationships, improved well being, clarity of mind, feeling in control of your life, enhanced coping skills, and better able to reach your potential.

​Healing and growth are difficult, and some discomfort will likely be a part of the counseling process. Please keep in mind that benefits received from counseling depend on your willingness to make changes in your life and applying what you learn in your sessions.

Why I Chose a Career in Counseling​

It wasn’t until I was an adult and volunteering with a grief support group for children that I realized the impact my father’s death during my teen years had on me. I was drawn to volunteer because of my experience and I wanted to pass on hope and encouragement to the children, teens, and their families. Even though 15 years had passed since my father died and I thought I was “over it”, I discovered I hadn’t fully dealt with my feelings of losing a parent. My father died on a Wednesday, his visitation was on Friday, we buried him on Saturday, and I returned to school on Monday. The message I received back then was ‘toughen up and move on’. And, move on I did, but I didn’t move on well. Rather, I was going through the motions in life. I’d show up, but wasn’t really present. I hadn’t processed the emotions or integrated the experience into my new life without my father. In other words, I had become kind of stuck in a fog. It is for this reason that I am passionate about helping people work through their grief and other concerns that are keeping them from living more fully.