Hello and thank you for taking the time to explore our website. Whether you’re new to therapy or have seen a counselor before, the journey you’re about to embark upon is significant and I feel so privileged to join you in it. I am originally from the Pacific Northwest, where I earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish and International Studies and then a Master’s Degree in Counseling, both from George Fox University. I also hold a Doctorate in Developmental Psychology from Liberty University. Like most of my clients, I have been through a good share of transition in my life and I can appreciate the stress or anxiety these life transitions often create, even when they are planned and anticipated.
In working with clients, I believe it is important to allow a safe space for you to just be, to process loss, pain or frustration, and to begin identifying realistic goals that are sustainable in the long-term. Exploring the past is important in helping us to understand how it informs your current behaviors, but I will always encourage you to make changes that are relevant to your present and to your future. In striving toward this end, I will work hard to earn your trust and gently challenge you to approach your problems from a renewed perspective. I work from a family systems perspective, applying strengths-based, narrative, and cognitive behavioral approaches that are specific to each client’s needs and goals.
I have 23 years of experience working with children, adolescents, individuals, couples, and families. When working with minors, I believe it is important to actively involve parents so that change can occur within the entire family system. I work with a wide variety of issues, including grief and loss, marriage, divorce, blended families, infertility, parenting, adoption and foster care, depression, anxiety, work-related stress, family dynamics, and adjustment to issues specific to teens and young adults.I work with a wide variety of issues, including self-esteem and body image issues, grief and loss,
marriage, divorce, blended families, infertility, parenting, adoption and foster care, depression,
anxiety, OCD, work-related stress, family dynamics, and adjustment to issues specific to teens
and young adults entering college or the adult life.
In addition, I am licensed as a clinical supervisor and able to provide supervision to graduate students obtaining clinical hours toward a degree or post-graduate students seeking licensure as a LCMHC. My supervision training was formalized through an NBCC approved academic course. My approach to supervision is founded in developmental models of supervision. Attention to the supervisory relationship and supervisory roles is critical to these approaches, requiring the
supervisor to be intentional, proactive, and flexible. Supervision interventions are tailored to the supervisee’s developmental, cognitive, and conceptual levels, as well as the supervisee’s motivation, skills, and personal attributes, while ensuring the needs of the client(s) are met. My areas of supervision competency include career counseling, grief and loss, adoption, youth, adults, couples, and families. Whether you are a potential client or supervisee, my passion is working with others to live a full and satisfying life. Please feel free to contact our office with any questions you may have. I so look forward to meeting you and engaging in this journey together!