I provide clients with a nonjudgmental, empathetic, and safe space to help them improve their quality of life and their greater well-being. I practice from a culturally informed structure, acknowledging social circumstances and the experience of individuals in their everyday interactions. I enjoy working with a diverse range of clients, assisting them in addressing different challenges in their lives, and empowering them to identify a variety of coping skills to take on their difficulties. I enjoy assisting clients overcome relationship issues, trauma, anxiety and depressed moods, among other concerns. I wholeheartedly believe that therapy and the therapeutic relationship I build my clients provides a space to make healing, self-awareness, and personal growth more attainable.
I am trained in Clinical Counseling and Spiritual Integration. My use of eclectic approaches enables the client to access all their strengths in order to reflect, acknowledge and achieve set goals in a supported manner. Cognitive behavioral therapy, reality therapy, spirituality and mindfulness techniques are just a few of the theories and practices utilized to encourage and support wellness. I have expertise treating individuals who experience anxiety and depression following life changes, as well as those struggling to integrate their diagnosis with their life in a meaningful manner to make the changes they envision in their lives. I provide individual therapy for adolescents age 16+, adults and seniors. I work with clients who have suffered through job loss, significant health issues, life and social transitions, and living through a pandemic. I have training in working with trauma and practice trauma-informed therapy. I recently completed training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a type of psychotherapy with growing evidence of effectiveness, particularly for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
I hold a MS degree in Pastoral Counseling from Loyola University Maryland. I have worked with a myriad of clients from differing backgrounds, ethnicities, and faith traditions, operating under many different family and relationship models. I have experience working with alternative relationship configurations, including polyamorous, kink, and other non-traditional practices. I see many LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC clients and I actively work on anti-racism and allyship.
I am a native Marylander, and a proud nerd. In my free time, I can often be found attending Live Action Roleplay Games, playing boardgames, or walking my ex-racing Greyhound, Styx. I love to sing, and when I am able, I sing both on my own, and with small local choirs. I attend several spiritual events a year, from various paths of faith and belief, primarily through affiliation with CUUPs.
