What's My Approach to Therapy?
Trauma, borderline personality condition (BPD), and mental health issues can make us feel like we’re caught in a never-ending cycle; depression, emotional outbursts, impulsivity, fear, and hopelessness; these experiences can make us feel completely trapped. Maybe avoidance of these experiences has triggered compulsive actions, risky behaviors, or conflicts that made things even harder for you. Perhaps you’ve had a life transition, trauma, or have unmanageable mood swings, depression, overwhelming anxiety, uncontrollable anger, and feel helpless, not knowing where to turn. There is effective treatment to help overcome emotional suffering and improve your well-being.
We can change the connections in our minds that trigger escalations in emotion and behavior, and learn to navigate life and conflicts easier. I help clients work through mental health issues so they can feel more at peace in their lives. I offer psychotherapy, art therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and specialize in trauma and borderline personality condition.
Debilitating cycles of distress don't have to be a life sentence. I can help you learn therapy skills that can be integrated into your life, healing and moving forward from the past, and being better able to cope in the present and future. I am an active, energetic, direct, and challenging therapist, and I will be your teammate throughout the process.
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with over 11 years of experience. I am licensed in Florida and hold additional credentials as a Registered Art Therapist (ATR), Certified Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Provider (C-DBT), and Certified Personality Condition Treatment Provider (C-PD).
The symbol of a rowboat illustrates my treatment process to meet your goals. I can't do all the rowing, and you can't do all the rowing. We're a team. I teach my clients skills they can integrate into habits so they may better manage or overcome their symptoms. Clients can expect to gain increased knowledge and thought-provoking insights. I often assign homework to put learned skills into action.
I often use an integration of therapy types based on my clients' needs. The tone of my treatment is often conversational and casual to balance difficult topics. I'm an active participant in our work together. I'm straightforward, assertive, and keep my clients accountable. I don't believe in band-aid approaches, or that just talking about problems is enough to work through and overcome them.