Professional Counseling & Psychotherapy
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Services

Professional Services Available

Care Philosophy

Therapy provides individuals a safe and confidential opportunity to carefully examine their beliefs, feelings, and behavior and to advance skills in communicating, problem-solving, and relating well with others while receiving support, guidance, and encouragement from an understanding and resourceful therapist.

I have over four decades of experience counseling with adults, couples, teenagers, and children.

I use a thoughtful and respectful approach in understanding concerns and formulating solutions. I draw on a knowledge of biology, psychosocial development, and learning theory as I collaborate with individuals in developing customized intervention plans.

When I am working with you in therapy, I will listen carefully, ask questions, and collect information that is helpful in formulating effective treatment strategies. I will need to know about the important people in your life, about your background, your life experience, and your present circumstances. As I get to know you, your history, and your feelings, I will best understand the life story in which your concerns reside, and we will be most able to work together successfully towards achieving your goals, interests, and vision for the future.

Sometimes the problems we face in life end up leading to chronic stress. Work concerns, interpersonal conflict, constant worry, or feelings of depression can lead to medical problems, substance abuse, or relationship difficulties. In therapy, I use an interactive approach combining empathy with directness, guidance with support, and truth with confidence.

Specific treatment modalities are selected with individuals so that the most preferred and effective strategies are utilized. Structured programs, with homework, in areas including recovery from trauma, sexual abuse, substance abuse, relapse prevention, stress management, anger management, obsessive compulsive disorder, and marital relations are also used.

We all depend on one another in order to feel appreciated, valued, and a sense of belonging. I value my Christian faith and offer counsel that is consistent with the teachings of Christ while respecting each individual’s spiritual experience.

I appreciate the opportunity to work with and alongside folks who are striving to achieve the goals and objectives they value in their personal lives and relationships.

Treatment Procedures

Evidenced-based practices and procedures
Individually-structured treatment modalities
Cognitive-Behavioral therapy
Schema Therapy
Emotional Brain Training
Inference-Based therapy
Exposure-Response Prevention
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Mindfulness
Somatic Experiencing
Bioenergetics
Cognitive Processing Therapy
Christian Counseling

Treatment Issues

Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Panic Disorder
Social Anxiety
Stress Management
Self-Esteem
Self-Injury
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Mood Disorders
Depression
Bipolar Disorder
Trauma
ADD/ADHD
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
Impulse Control Disorders
Work Stress
Anger Management
Co-dependence
Self-esteem
Alcohol Abuse
Substance Abuse
Addictions
Sexual Addiction
Personality Disorders
Narcissism
Parenting Concerns
Men’s Issues
Other Difficulties