I have been practicing in the mental health field for over 20 years; I became licensed as an LMFT in 2018 and I have worked with various populations providing group therapy, individual therapy, couples therapy and family therapy. I have worked in various practice locations including psychiatric hospitals, jails, housing challenged shelters, Telehealth offices and private practice office locations.
I love getting to know my clients and the most important way to do that is build a strong rapport, allowing our relationship to grow and the client to feel safe in their interactions with me. I often utilize CBT, DBT, psychodynamic, motivational interviewing, harm reduction and psychoeducation interventions.
In all my first meetings I want to hear the clients story and get to know their reasonings for coming to therapy in the first place. The first session is the time when I get to know you and you also get to know me, my personality and how well we will fit together. The first session is always the most essential piece of getting to truly know my clients and I value every first session because of this.
