Hi! I have a Masters in Clinical Mental Health from The University of Tennessee at Martin and have been practicing with my LMHC in Washington State since 2017. I have worked in community health centers, group practices and now in my solo practice. I enjoy working with adult individuals but am open to occasional couples or families sessions when necessary.
I am a holistically minded practitioner and
come from a person-centered groundwork. I get to know the client; their needs and strengths when developing the therapy, incorporating self compassion and forgiveness. A majority of my techniques are tied to various forms of CBT; identifying what is not working and how we reframe it to change our behavior, but I also utilize somatic (body) and mindfulness techniques.
My clients tend to leave sessions most often feeling empowered, with new tools to practice outside of therapy and the confidence to do so. They also experience feeling validated and heard which leads to them better processing and communicating their emotional experience outside of therapy. I try to create a pretty relaxed therapeutic environment, one where I am not necessarily seen as the authority but a mirror.
