Helping People Find Therapists & Advocating for Ethical and Healthy Therapy & Marriage Counseling Practices

My Approach to Helping

I help adults, teens and children, families and couples cope with difficult situations and alleviate overwhelming emotions. My real life experiences and clinical expertise together bring you in touch with your resources, strengths and choices so you can feel better about yourself and have improved control over your life situation. My hope and goal is to help you find the best way I can to meet your wants, needs and goals of therapy.

 

More Info About My Practice

My clinical training includes:
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing)
CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
DBT (Dialectic Behavioral Therapy)

BCBS MN provider

 

Specific Issue(s) I'm Skilled at Helping With

My special area of interest is helping my clients navigate in, through and beyond life changing events. Events such as the death of a loved one, health crisis, infidelity, divorce, blending families, adoption, job changes, children growing up and leaving home, loss of community, and when multiple life changes are overwhelming.

Services I Provide

• Individual Therapy & Counseling
• Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
• Family Therapy
• Group Therapy
• Consultation
• Home-Based Therapy

Ages I Work With

• Children
• Teens
• Adults
• Elders

Languages I Speak

• English

Groups I Work With

I help adults, teens and children, families and couples cope with difficult situations and alleviate overwhelming emotions. My real life experiences and clinical expertise together bring you in touch with your resources, strengths and choices so you can feel better about yourself and have improved control over your life situation. My hope and goal is to help you find the best way I can to meet your wants, needs and goals of therapy
My focus is on alleviating emotional concerns such as; depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADD, ODD, mood disorders, attachment disorders, adjustment disorders. I work with situational concerns such as grief and loss, cancer diagnosis, family-of-origin issues, self-esteem, adoptive family adjustments, relationship difficulties, marital stress, divorce recovery, infidelity, mid-life adjustments, empty nest syndrome, parental stress, adolescent behaviors, major life adjustments to multiple stressors, and personal development goals. I utilize therapeutic modalities that best fit your needs such as EMDR, CBT, EFT, DBT.

Therapy Approaches I Use

• Art Therapy
• Breathwork
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
• Collaborative Therapy / Collaborative Language Systems
• Creative Art Therapy
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
• Emotional Freedom Technique
• Emotionally Focused Therapy
• Existential Psychotherapy
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
• Family Systems Therapy
• Feminist Therapy
• Filial Therapy
• Gottman Method
• Humanistic Psychology
• Integration of different therapy models
• Journal Therapy
• Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
• Narrative Therapy
• Parent Work
• Person Centered / Rogerian
• Play Therapy
• Positive Psychology
• Psychodynamic
• Relational Psychotherapy
• Relational Recovery
• Self Relations
• Systems Theory /Therapy
• Thought Field Therapy

Concerns & Issues I Help With

• Identity Issues
• Attachment
• Reproduction
• Abuse: Emotional, Physical, or Sexual
• Trauma
• Life Changes
• Childhood & Adolescence
• Family Problems
• Anxiety, Fear, & Stress
• Emotion Management
• Social Skills & Problems
• Health & Body
• Relationships & Marriage
• Depression & Mood
• Occupational & Academic Issues
• Self-Esteem & Confidence
• Self-Harm & Suicide
• Sexuality
• Spirituality