About Me: 

• 10 years of experience working with clients impacted by severe and complex trauma. Expertise in treating: symptoms caused by childhood trauma, adoption and foster parenting, attentional struggles and problems with motivation(ADHD,) self-esteem, dissociation, psychogenic seizures, depression, and anxiety. Other areas of expertise are healing from spiritual trauma and clients who struggle with hoarding behaviors of various degrees of intensity. 

• Experienced in working with clients who have experienced medical trauma and assisting clients in developing a support system to get their medical needs met and heal from traumatic medical experiences.  

• Personal experience: 22 years of recovery from drugs and toxic relationships. I understand what it is like to feel powerless and hopeless and fall into the same ruts over and over. Therapy can powerfully facilitate freedom from pain and resistant patterns that hold you back. 

•  Commitment to offering a safe, nonjudgmental, and supportive space for clients to heal and make life changes.
  More than just a career, facilitating therapy is a way of giving back. 

       Training and approaches to therapy :

• Clinical training and expertise include EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Family Systems, Solution Focused Therapy, and Person-Centered Therapy.

• I am a Christian and upon request will integrate faith and prayer in sessions. While I operate from a Christian worldview and enjoy helping people connect with God, out of care and respect, I do not impose my beliefs or opinions on clients. 

• Familiarity and ongoing expertise in utilizing Internal Family Systems combined with a Christian approach to healing. 

• 12 Step model for any problems in life including habits, hurts, and hang-ups.