My personal journey was not one I would choose. My first husband was diagnosed with cancer in September 2004 and died in February 2006. The experience of spousal caregiving and young widowhood, and 10 years as a federal Special Agent eventually led me to change careers to become a counselor.
I love helping individuals and couples build meaning, self-acceptance, and self-worth despite grief, trauma, shame, and problematic behavior and relationship patterns.
To conquer shame, depression, anxiety, anger, grief, and trauma, I will support you to explore the root causes. From there, we will work to determine what triggers your current unhealthy patterns and learn how the situation got to this point – without staying stuck in the past indefinitely.
Then, we will work together using EMDR and other approaches to build acceptance and meaning. Improving acceptance of suffering and self is essential to sustained recovery from difficulties and tragedy.
Life throws many surprises at us, and even more so when dealing with major life transitions, grief, and trauma. While we cannot predict the outcome of any situation, we can take control of how we respond and cope to certain situations, and emphasize the lessons learned. We will first emphasize improving your symptoms of depression, anxiety, anger, shame, and trauma using EMDR therapy. With my counseling sessions, you’ll learn about acceptance, and evaluate and define your life meaning.
