Counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy, Mental Health Counseling
License Status:
I'm a licensed professional.
License Type:
LPC
License Number:
178.01
My Approach to Helping
I understand what a bold step you are taking in seeking counseling. You know you want a change but you also know that you want someone to walk beside you during this time. Thats where I come in. My style is relaxed and warm providing a safe and non-judgmental place where you are free to explore who you are, what changes you want to make and discover a deeper understanding of yourself. I offer a direct and solution-oriented approach as we work through this together. Ultimately, the goal is to see you acquire new skills and ways of thinking that will create a positive and healthy change for you. I am passionate about helping families understand each other and helping individuals understand events that have happened within their own family. I also feel strongly about helping women with low self-esteem who are struggling with daily life, self-perception or having a difficult time finding their purpose or meaning in life. Helping women find their voice and their own sense of pride makes my heart swell with joy. Being Spanish-American I have a heart for the hispanic culture and the obstacles that come with acculturalizing into American society. Leaving family behind in another country, trying to find respectable work, raising your children to have pride in their heritage while they try to fit into American ways are all very personal and frustrating. I can help you navigate through these issues.
More Info About My Practice
I am a bilingual and bicultural Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Illinois. My clients encompass the entire life span from children to teens to adults, either individually, as couples or within family structures.
Services I Provide
Individual Therapy & Counseling
Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
Family Therapy
Group Therapy
Consultation
Distance or Phone Therapy
Ages I Work With
Children
Teens
Adults
Elders
Languages I Speak
English
Spanish
Groups I Work With
Families, women, hispanic cultures
Therapy Approaches I Use
Anger Management
Art Therapy
Breathwork
Client-Directed Outcome-Informed Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
Collaborative Therapy / Collaborative Language Systems
Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing
Family Systems Therapy
Feminist Therapy
Internal Family Systems Therapy
Mindfulness Based Approaches
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Motivational Enhancement Therapy
Narrative Therapy
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
Parent Work
Person Centered / Rogerian
Play Therapy
Poetry Therapy
Psychodrama
Reality Therapy
Sand Tray / Sand Play Therapy
Systems Theory /Therapy
Integration of different therapy models
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