I became a therapist due to my husband and my love of helping people. I have 10 years of experience. I do not focus on diagnosis as that is for insurance companies rather, I focus on the individual person and their symptoms. I work as hard as my patients, not harder.
I use many different combinations of approaches as there is no one size fits all. I like to focus on where the patient is and what they want to achieve in therapy. I can be very blunt when needed as sugar coating things seem to make things more difficult.
I specialize in trauma. With that said trauma is different for everyone and trauma affects individuals in separate ways. I also see patients with symptoms of depression, anxiety, dissociative, post-partum, and Bipolar. I work with symptoms not diagnosis as diagnoses are based on one’s interpretation of the Diagnostic Manual.
With me a patient takes away what they put into therapy. Therapy can become difficult and at times are become worse before they become better. Following through and doing their homework is imperative in therapy. I will be there for you, but you are the one doing the work and finding your answers.
