Practicing psychotherapy as a clinical social worker, I’m always viewing my work through a social justice and culturally relevant lens while looking within the systems that impact your emotional health.  My therapeutic style is compassionate and warm, yet direct.  I also find that I’m most effective when I can be myself, so humor is also a trademark of my therapeutic style. I practice with a client-centered and strengths based approach which means that you determine what you want to achieve out of counseling and what you want to focus on, and I create a safe, non-judgmental, and welcoming space for you to explore what you bring to sessions.  I will utilize a variety of different modalities that match your individual needs and goals in counseling.  I’ll pull from therapeutic approaches that have been shown by research to be effective and valid ways to assist clients in reducing and alleviating intrusive and distressing symptoms in order to improve mood, behavior, and overall functioning to guide our work together. 

My training and expertise lies in the application of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).  In addition to my counseling experience, I also worked in the stressful corporate, high tech world, I know what it’s like to parent children, be married, deal with family and relationship struggles, and work through various life stages.  I’ve had my own emotional journeys and feel that this gives me perspective on what many others face.  These life experiences along with my experience as a therapist guide and impact my therapeutic approach.

It would be a privilege and honor to support you as you take steps toward building the life and relationships you’ve always wanted.  I would love for us to connect to see if I would be a good fit for your therapeutic needs.