Are you feeling stuck in life? Feeling like your fears, past experiences, or any problems preventing you from unlocking your potential and finding happiness and meaning? Do you struggle with depression, anxiety, parenting, addictions of any kind, or anything else that makes life more difficult than you want it to be?
I want to applaud you for having the courage to take the first step to improve yourself. It is my desire to help you on your journey to making a life that you want for yourself.
I am an LPC who has a Masters of Counselor Education at Louisiana Lafayette where I graduated in 2015. Since then, I have extensive experience in working with clients with depression, anxiety, addictions, grief, and trauma, as well as helping provide support to clients with parenting issues.
My belief is that clients are the experts of their own lives, and they ultimately are responsible for knowing what makes them happy and what makes them grow was people. In my experience, every client who is truly motivated for change will make major positive changes in their life when they trust the therapeutic process As your counselor, my goal is to help provide you with a voice of empathy and direction that can help make this wonderful journey more fulfilling.
I employ different types of therapeutic approaches, including CBT, DBT, ACT, Solution-focused, Narrative therapy, and others. My overall approach is tailored specifically to each client, and what works best with them. Generally, I like to start with clients from a solution-focused perspective, where they will identify the immediate problems that affect their daily living, and to help better cope with these obstacles. Once we have some success, I want to help clients identify the deep-seated issues that contribute to these issues and to help the client develop a solid foundation as to how to combat their difficulties in the future.
I believe everyone can greatly benefit from counseling. Life is a wonderful, exciting journey, and no one has to go through it alone. Again, I applaud you for making the decision to better yourself today!
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, ADHD, Attachment issues, BDSM, Kink, Alternative Sex Culture, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication problems, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Forgiveness, Gender Dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Immigration Issues, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders , Narcissism, Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / Nonmonogamous Relationships, Post-traumatic stress, Prejudice and Discrimination, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Self-love, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Social anxiety and phobia, Traumatic Brain Injury, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy