When therapy is conducted in a warm and non-judgmental environment, and an individual, couple, or a family feels safe and understood, it can be incredibly powerful in providing healing and growth from life's difficult past experiences and current challenges. As a strengths-based and client-centered Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I work to create a safe place where a client's existing internal strengths are explored and they are able to create goals that build towards healing, growth, awareness, and positive change.

My clinical experience and specialization includes Couples Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, Emotionally Focused Therapy for individuals and couples, Gottman Therapy, Trauma informed therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused, Family Systems Theory, and Attachment Theory. I work with couples, adults, adolescents, and families.

Starting therapy can be overwhelming, anxiety producing, and be filled with fear of the unknown. My goal is to immediately build a safe place and therapeutic connection with you, and remove some of the anxiety that can often be part of reaching out and beginning counseling.

The belief that every person has the ability to make meaningful, positive change in their life is core to my work. It is my goal to hold a safe space for talking and feeling through the good and difficult things you have experienced in life. We will work collaboratively to create goals, identify your strengths, overcome barriers, learn and utilize effective communication techniques, develop coping skills, and bring about positive, lasting change. 

    I use a strengths-based person-centered approach, which means I am non-judgmental, have empathetic understanding, value authenticity, and I focus on your personal and community strengths. I employ aspects of other approaches such as narrative therapy which emphasizes the stories we create and how we make meaning of our stories, somatic therapy which focuses on the body, family systems, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). In therapy, we will work together to discover what techniques are most helpful so that this therapeutic experience is tailored specifically for you!

    I have experience working with anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, trauma, ADHD, Autism, OCD, life transitions, family and interpersonal conflict, struggles with self-esteem, struggles with body image, and self-harm. I also have experience working with individuals and families with various religious backgrounds and those in the LGBTQ+ community. If you are experiencing faith changes or are deconstructing your previously held ideas about religion and faith, this is a safe space to explore those new ideas and work through these changes."