My Ph.D. and MSW prepared me to be an expert in trauma. I have over 30 years of experience helping adolescents and adults navigate life issues. The last six years have been focused on providing therapy from a resilience-informed, trauma-informed lens that helps clients improve their functioning and interpersonal relationships.
I often use motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy techniques as a foundational approach to exploring how your thoughts affect your emotions and experiences and contribute to your being stuck. Once we've formed a rapport, I'll help you to increase awareness of your mind/body connection to help reduce somatic symptoms present due to the stress your body might be holding on to.
During our sessions, we will dive deep into the layers underneath the things creating struggle and stress for you. I will never ask you to do more than you feel capable of, but once we know each other well, we will work as a team to create a plan to address your needs most effectively. Most of my clients report feeling better after a month of regularly practicing new skills.
