My Approach to Helping

I have the privilege of helping a broad range of participants find balance and peace through challenges such as depression, anxiety, loneliness, trauma, and low self-esteem. With respectful collaboration and finding your unique sources of inspiration, you will set realistic goals to meet and maintain. These goals include improved relationships (with your partner, your family, your community, and yourself), vocational/educational pursuits, mental health/addictions recovery, and holistic wellness. Therapy will intervene to tap into your highest dreams and your deepest self. The heights and depths of your truth is realized through a series of shorter term improvements. We will work with your learning styles, your barriers, your connections, and your questions to create the foundation for change. Your desires for trust, self-esteem, positive worldview, health, connectedness, life flow, and communication combine with skilled, compassionate guidance and best practices. This team approach will empower you to become your own change agent. "Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like nobody is watching" - Satchell Paige

 

More Info About My Practice

Additional background in community building, Gottman couples counseling, wellness strategies, self-esteem building, non-violent communication, public speaking training, diversity/cultural connection, mindfulness, addictions treatment and prevention Substance abuse prevention certificate, perinatal counseling program completion, level I Gottman couples training

Services I Provide

• Individual Therapy & Counseling
• Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
• Family Therapy
• Group Therapy
• Coaching
• Consultation

Ages I Work With

• Children
• Teens
• Adults
• Elders

Languages I Speak

• English

Groups I Work With

Native American, people with disabilities, GLBTQ, couples, families, elders

Therapy Approaches I Use

• Anger Management
• Art Therapy
• Authentic Movement
• Body-Mind Psychotherapy
• Breathwork
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
• Coherence Therapy / Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy
• Collaborative Therapy / Collaborative Language Systems
• Core Process Psychotherapy
• Dance / Movement Therapy
• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
• Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
• Equine & Animal Assisted Psychotherapies
• Family Systems Therapy
• Feminist Therapy
• Healing Touch
• Humanistic Psychology
• Integration of different therapy models
• Journey Therapy
• Motivational Enhancement Therapy
• Music Therapy
• Narrative Therapy
• Other - Not Listed Here
• Parent Work
• Person Centered / Rogerian
• Play Therapy
• Positive Psychology
• Process Oriented Psychology
• Sand Tray / Sand Play Therapy
• Self Relations
• Solution Focused Therapy
• Systems Theory /Therapy
• Wilderness Therapy

Concerns and Issues I Help With

• Abandonment
• Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues
• Academic Concerns
• Addictions & Compulsions
• Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
• Adoption / Reunion Issues
• Aggression & Violence
• Aging & Geriatric Issues
• Agoraphobia
• Anger
• Anxiety
• Attachment Issues
• Batterer Intervention
• Bipolar
• Blended Family Issues
• Cancer
• Career Choice
• Caregiver Issues / Stress
• Child and/or Adolescent Issues
• Chronic Pain
• Codependency / Dependency
• Communication Problems
• Compulsive Spending / Shopping
• Control Issues
• Creative Blocks
• Depression
• Developmental Disorders (Autism, Aspergers, etc.)
• Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
• Domestic Violence
• Drug & Alcohol Addiction
• Eating & Food Issues
• Emotional Abuse
• Emotional Intelligence
• Emotional Overwhelm
• Emptiness
• Family of Origin Issues
• Family Problems
• Forgiveness
• Grief, Loss, & Bereavement
• Habits
• Health / Illness / Medical Issues
• HIV / AIDS
• Identity Issues
• Inadequacy
• Inattention, Impulsivity, & Hyperactivity (ADHD)
• Infidelity / Affair Recovery
• Irritability
• Isolation
• LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues
• Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
• Men's Issues
• Midlife Crisis / Midlife Transition
• Mood Swings / Mood Disturbance
• Multicultural Concerns
• Oppositional & Defiant Behavior in Children & Teens
• Panic
• Parenting
• Phobias
• Physical Abuse
• Post Partum Depression
• Post Traumatic Stress / Trauma
• Pre-Marital Counseling
• Prejudice / Discrimination
• Relationships & Marriage
• Religious Issues
• Self-Care
• Self-Confidence
• Self-Criticism
• Self-Doubt
• Self-Esteem
• Self-Harm
• Self-Love
• Sensitivity to Criticism
• Sexuality / Sex Therapy
• Shame
• Social Anxiety / Phobia
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Suicidal Ideation & Behavior
• Suspiciousness / Paranoia
• Trust Issues
• Values Clarification
• Women's Issues
• Workplace Issues