build skills in navigating systemic oppression, identity, trauma, relationships, mental health issues, chronic pain and self-esteem. We will work towards empowerment through building self-awareness, compassion and nourishing the mind body connection.
build skills in navigating systemic oppression, identity, trauma, relationships, mental health issues, chronic pain and self-esteem. We will work towards empowerment through building self-awareness, compassion and nourishing the mind body connection.
I approach therapy through a non-pathologizing, trauma-informed, and harm reduction lens and understand that the client is the expert of their own experience. I view the clinical relationship as a tool for healing.
Every person has the tools to lead a fulfilling life, but those tools are at times temporarily inaccessible due to emotional, situational, and cognitive influences. I want to lead you through the process of identifying such influences removing them.
Every person has the tools to lead a fulfilling life, but those tools are at times temporarily inaccessible due to emotional, situational, and cognitive influences. I want to lead you through the process of identifying such influences removing them.
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the state of Indiana and a National Certified Counselor (NCC) intensively trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). I also use a Trauma Focused approach.
Together we will engage in reviewing outcomes by sincerely acknowledging that our personal identities, experiences, and perspectives shape, in both positive and potentially problematic ways, our understanding and interactions with others.
Together we will engage in reviewing outcomes by sincerely acknowledging that our personal identities, experiences, and perspectives shape, in both positive and potentially problematic ways, our understanding and interactions with others.
My style is practical and reality-based meaning that there are plenty of advantageous routes to interact with systems of power, privilege, and oppression. I reflect on these truths in delivering my clinical talks, choosing readings, & assignments.
We will uncover knowledge & skills you have acquired from your lived experience (strengths) & apply them in achieving your goals. My approach is a mix of narrative therapy, mindfulness, somatic practices, polyvagal theory-based therapy, etc.
We will uncover knowledge & skills you have acquired from your lived experience (strengths) & apply them in achieving your goals. My approach is a mix of narrative therapy, mindfulness, somatic practices, polyvagal theory-based therapy, etc.
I guide clients on working with their autonomic nervous system, which is the base of our self-healing mechanism, rather than going against it. We would do embodying & mindfulness practices as well as talk therapy to bring about the life you hope for.
Build a strong therapeutic relationship. This is the foundation of all successful therapy. We will do this by listening to each other with understanding and compassion, and by creating a safe and supportive space where you feel comfortable sharing.
Build a strong therapeutic relationship. This is the foundation of all successful therapy. We will do this by listening to each other with understanding and compassion, and by creating a safe and supportive space where you feel comfortable sharing.
It is important to be transparent with your clients about your approach to therapy. This will help them to feel comfortable and confident in your ability to help your clients. This is the way that you interact with your clients while in sessions.....