My Approach to Helping
Hello, I am licensed in California, Illinois, and Missouri. I have experience in helping teens, adults, couples, families, veterans, and military personnel with stress and anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, and coping with grief and loss. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of shame, blame, or judgment. You are encouraged to take the first step to seek a more fulfilling and happier life; it takes courage. I am here to support you in that process.
Professional experience and additional areas of focus: Adoption and foster care, cancer, caregiver issues and stress, communication problems, control issues, drug and alcohol addiction, family problems, forgiveness, hospice and end of life counseling, impulsivity, men's issues, military and veterans issues, mood conditions, multicultural concerns, panic conditions and panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, self-harm, sexual assault and abuse, sexuality, and young adult issues.
Clinical approaches: Client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness therapy, motivational interviewing, solution-focused therapy, and trauma-focused therapy.