I am a licensed marriage and family therapist with over 15 years of experience. My original training was in community mental health working with severe mental illness. That beginning taught me how to work with everyone, and it taught me a lot about trauma. I worked primarily with teens and adults with a wide range of diagnoses.
My approach therapy is holistic and trauma informed. You are the client so you are the boss, and I will work with you collaboratively to reach your goals. I usually work at two levels, starting with the symptoms, and discovering the deeper things that are causing those symptoms. Only once we can solve the underlying deeper issues can we effectively start solving, instead of managing your problems.
My first session is an assessment. I will try to be as direct and quick as possible to complete all the aspects of an assessment so we can move on to the therapy.
