I have been providing care since 2010 with a Master's degree in Mental Health Counseling from Rollins College with additional marriage and family training. I am a Master Certified Addiction Professional and a Qualified Supervisor for both MFT and MHC registered interns. I have extensive experience working with all ages in outpatient, inpatient and residential settings.
I take a collaborate approach that is goal oriented with emphasis on honesty, respect, and empowerment. We will explore what "isn't working", while encouraging and enhancing desire to make improvements. I understand living one's most authentic life takes courage, is a process of making meaning, and is enhanced by social connectedness.
I gravitate toward evidenced based modalities. "I probably do cognitive behavioral therapy in my sleep and don't know I'm even doing it anymore!" Encourage mindfulness-based stress reduction and dialectical behavior techniques, behavioral activation, psychoeducation and exposure therapy. "The only way through anxiety is through it and knowledge is power".
Our first session is a joint collaboration of gathering information and exploring what is imperative information for treatment recommendations.
