Professions: Clinical Social Worker, Mental Health Counselor, Psychotherapist
Languages: English
Telephone: 620-740-8829
I am a licensed mental health therapist based in Cedar Park, TX, providing therapy and counseling services for children, adolescents, and adults ages 5 and older. I serve clients throughout the greater Austin, Texas area, including Cedar Park, Austin, Leander, Round Rock, Pflugerville, Georgetown, and surrounding Central Texas communities, offering developmentally appropriate, evidence-based mental health care tailored to each client’s needs. My therapeutic approach is integrative and trauma-informed, drawing from psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), exposure and response prevention (ERP), mindfulness-based therapy, strengths-based therapy, expressive arts therapy, and play therapy. I tailor treatment to support emotional regulation, resilience, and long-term healing. I am TF-CBT certified and have many years of experience working as a trauma therapist in Austin, TX. I specialize in treating individuals who have experienced physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, verbal abuse, neglect, bullying, domestic violence, and intimate partner violence, complex trauma (C-PTSD), human trafficking and sex trafficking, foster care abuse, sibling separation, medical trauma, and natural disasters. I have extensive experience providing therapy for children and adolescents with problematic sexual behaviors, both within and outside the juvenile justice system. I use Problematic Sexual Behavior Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (PSB-CBT) as a primary treatment model, providing structured, evidence-based care for youth and their families. I am trained in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and work as an experienced OCD therapist in Austin. I treat a wide range of OCD presentations, including Contamination OCD, Harm OCD, Pedophilia OCD (POCD), Relationship OCD (ROCD), Religious or Scrupulosity OCD, Existential OCD, Somatic OCD, “Just Right” or Perfectionism OCD, False Memory or Real Event OCD, Pure O, Magical Thinking OCD, Responsibility OCD, Sexual Orientation OCD (SO-OCD), and more. I am trained in both directive and non-directive play therapy and offer play therapy services in Austin, TX. My child-friendly play therapy office is thoughtfully designed to support children’s emotional expression, healing, and development in a safe and welcoming environment. In addition to private practice, I have worked as a lead therapist in a Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). This higher level of care experience allows me to effectively support clients experiencing severe mental health symptoms, including suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, self-harm, homicidal ideation, psychosis, and severe panic attacks.