As a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Mental Health Counselor across three states, I believe that access to mental health care is a vital necessity. I am passionate about helping clients move forward and helping others regain their lives. Conducting therapy services for 14 years has taught me that therapy is a feedback loop, where clients learn from me as I learn from them.
Every client has worth, value, insight, and the capacity for growth and change. I believe that therapy is a learning journey. Therapy is a vehicle to enhance client insight on who they are, what they want in life, and where they want to be. As a therapist, I help clients focus on strengths, not deficits. I focus on honoring the identity and needs of my clients, while also making space for their voice. It is my philosophy that clients improve their outcomes by offering their own input in sessions.
The first session is an opportunity to learn about each other and to decide on how we should partner together in future sessions. I see clients as co-equals who work alongside me to accomplish their unique therapeutic goals. I also ask questions about the client's history and present concerns to ensure accuracy of interventions and to create a baseline that gauges how clients are improving over the course of treatment.
