I've been a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist since 2000 and have worked with clients who experience severe mental illness, in a community mental health clinic, as in Intensive In-home therapist, with Foster families, individual adults and couples. I enjoy working with individuals who actively engage in improving their relationships, mood and ability to navigate life's challenges.
I enjoy witnessing clients transform their perspectives with encouragement, support and sometimes prodding. Together we can unpack what isn't working for you and invite you to gently tweak your experience from feeling timid, uncertain, fearful and overwhelmed to having a deeper understanding and appreciation of your value, skills and possibilities as you learn to take up space in your own life and relationships.
During the first session, I'll listen to what brings you into counseling and I'll ask about what has and hasn't worked for you. I'll inquire a bit about different aspects of your past as we build a foundation of understanding and look for strengths and skills that we can adapt and build up on as well as add to that can address the challenges that you are facing.
