Life experience. Being the product of two teenager's curiousity and living through childhood traumas/spiritual abuse led me on the path of wanting to help others. I just knew how much the pain of betrayal, rejection, and abuse affected me and knew that going through all of it wasn't for nothing, that I had to use those experiences to help others who are in similar places.

I can work well with anyone but I do enjoy working with young adults because most young adults are still figuring out their lives and their childhoods. I feel like I can easily connect with them especially when they want to put in the work.

I'm excited to work with families and couples.

How to stay out of your own head sometimes. Our thoughts dictate everything we see and a lot of us were taught/enabled to focus on the negative. We're only limited because we put ourselves in the box.

As a full-time mom Thriveworks offers me the flexibility I need to be available to my kids as well as get the wonderful experience of working with clients. They also have supportive staff that believe in self-care. You can't beat that!

My faith and family. I would not have made it this far in life without either.

My go to choice in therapy is narrative and intergenerational. In your first session, we'll explore what brought you in and what narrative you are currently in. General themes may include looking at family history and childhood trauma. This helps me understand your background a bit more and how I can best serve you.

During the first session the main thing I hope to accomplish is building rapport. We're not going to uncover everything in your first session. Hopefully we'll have an idea of what goals you would like to set and how we can help you accomplish them. Therapy is a marathon and it'll take time and dedication to get you to where you want to be.

I like to utilize experiential interventions. There may be times where I will ask you to be creative either by drawing or writing, I may also ask you to participate in personality quizzes. The goal is to get you comfortable with yourself and maybe uncover parts that you didn't know existed. I am warm but I'm also honest.

When I'm off the clock I enjoy spending time outside. I love doing yard work or reading out in the sunshine.

My tenacity, once I am focused on something I will see it through to the end.

I had a couple client who were struggling with communication in their relationship. I would often have them draw during sessions to describe their feelings towards one another. This worked very well for both of them. This allowed growth to form in the relationship via understanding.