Explore your background and the experiences that led you to seek therapy, as well as your short and long term goals for your future. This will help us determine how we can best achieve those goals in realistic, attainable ways.
Explore your background and the experiences that led you to seek therapy, as well as your short and long term goals for your future. This will help us determine how we can best achieve those goals in realistic, attainable ways.
I consider you the expert of your own experiences and I view myself as a guide to help you along the way.
Together, we will see how you have made meaning of dysregulating events in your life to see if we can change the meaning in a way that resources your nervous system in a healthy way so you will no longer live in fight/flight.
Together, we will see how you have made meaning of dysregulating events in your life to see if we can change the meaning in a way that resources your nervous system in a healthy way so you will no longer live in fight/flight.
We have been taught to process emotions cognitively by rationalizing the 'why' of events. However, this doesn't calm our nervous system; it may have served us well at one point in our lives, but now could make the struggle to manage emotions harder.
work on overcoming your anxiety and past traumas so you can focus on being happy, having healthy relationships, and achieving your goals.
work on overcoming your anxiety and past traumas so you can focus on being happy, having healthy relationships, and achieving your goals.
I offer down-to-earth, practical approaches that focus on solution-based strategies. I use trauma-informed treatment and focus on the goals you set for yourself in therapy.
Together, we will take a compassionate and nonjudgmental look at your experiences, behaviors, and relationships, and I will help you identify prominent themes and patterns arising across various contexts so that we can identify areas for change.
Together, we will take a compassionate and nonjudgmental look at your experiences, behaviors, and relationships, and I will help you identify prominent themes and patterns arising across various contexts so that we can identify areas for change.
My approach is collaborative, and I work closely with each client to create a unique experience that is tailored to their specific challenges and needs. My primary goals are to help clients better understand themselves and practice self-compassion.
I utilize trauma-informed cognitive-behavioral and motivational techniques to challenge preconceived and unhealthy thinking patterns that result in anxiety and depression.
I utilize trauma-informed cognitive-behavioral and motivational techniques to challenge preconceived and unhealthy thinking patterns that result in anxiety and depression.
As a board-certified Nurse Practitioner with advanced training in psychiatry and a clinical background in trauma and critical care, I am knowledgeable and experienced in treating severe mental illness, trauma, and medical comorbidities.