Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
“I strive to bring an effective blend of experience, connectedness, expertise, support, empathy, and responsibility to the counseling process in order to maximize outcomes and provide genuine healing and wholeness. I use the most current methods while grounding therapy in a down-to-earth, friendly relationship.
Often clients begin therapy feeling overwhelmed, stressed, confused, unaccepted, sad and/or unaccomplished. Many will say that their life has become unmanageable. I help clients develop coping skills to manage relationship instabilities, focusing limitations, intrusive thoughts, emotional/physical pain, sleep difficulties, lack of progress/motivation, and other concerns.
I am intensively trained in both Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy. I also utilize Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and neuroscience to inform my therapeutic approach. Given the individual values and needs of each client, I will develop a treatment strategy to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to overcome mental health barriers and create an authentic life worth living.”
Services Provided at MCP
Individual Psychotherapy for Adolescents and Adults
Individual Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Mindfulness
Neuroscience
Areas of Clinical Interest
Depression; anxiety; mood disorders; stress management; relationship issues; life transitions; Borderline Personality Disorder; grief, loss and related trauma
Education
Master of Professional Counseling: Amberton University (Garland, TX)
Bachelors: University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire (Eau Claire, WI)
Academic Training
Internship: Rice County Social Services (Faribault, MN 2011)
Internship: Counseling Institute of Texas (Garland, TX 2010-2011)
Specialized Training
DBT Foundational training: BehavioralTech, September 2016
Mindfulness and Reality Acceptance for Personal and Professional Practice: BehavioralTech, July 2016