I ventured into the counseling field because I found a knack and passion for working with folks walking through difficult times. From there, I felt this passion flourish into a calling. I work as both a professor and clinician, teaching the fundamentals of counseling to my students while practicing what I preach in the clinical setting. My clients describe me as caring, empathetic, insightful, intelligent, and funny (counseling without a well-placed sense of humor is a rather drab experience for the client and the clinician!).

 

I utilize several approaches, but my primary therapeutic approach is grounded in something called Schema Therapy. With it, you and I as client and clinician collaborate to identify the core unmet needs of your past and explore how to create avenues for meeting these needs in a healthy fashion in the modern day.

 

I have experience across a number of different settings and people groups. I've worked extensive with families and couples, folks living with addiction issues, eating disorders, trauma, grief and loss, and stresses that arise from being queer (a community of which I myself am a member) in a hostile society. 

 

I relish the opportunity to see healing and provide people with the space to do it.

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Education and Credentials:

Licensed Professional Counselor #PC016562

Doctor of Philosophy in Counselor Education and Supervision, 2022

Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, 2019 

 

Treatment Specialities:
Adult & Teen Individual Therapy, Couples Therapy

LGBTQ+ people

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Accepted Plans: Out of Network​, Quest, United & Medicaid