The philosophy of outpatient services is that all people can recover from behavioral health and substance abuse issues through effective treatment in the least restrictive and most convenient environment possible. The goal of counseling is to promote emotional or psychological change to alleviate behavioral health and/or substance abuse problems in a manner that is trauma-informed/sensitive and culturally competent. I provide counseling for multiple mental health issues and substance abuse.
I work with depression, anxiety, OCD, ADHD, co-occurring issues with substance abuse, PTSD, and also Christian Counseling. I have dealt with hard juvenile cases and have experience dealing with sexual offenders. I am a former youth pastor, so I have experience dealing with Christian counseling issues. I have been in the helping professions for several years and am now focusing on providing professional counseling services. I am an LPC in the State of Oklahoma (License # 5153). I have dealt with conditions as simple as depressive disorder all the way through all types of Schizophrenic issues. I have worked with children, parents, couples, and adult clients. I have performed many pre-marital counseling sessions. I am a licensed alcohol and drug counselor and spend the vast majority of my time dealing with co-occurring issues. I have been trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Reality Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, and Nouthetic Counseling techniques. I have training on the national level for Trauma-Focused CBT from The National Child Traumatic Stress Network completing both online and in-person. I have the skills to help you overcome these issues.
My degree in counseling was a dual degree in substance abuse and professional counseling. I use these skills, plus the training that I go to, to help clients overcome the coping issues and start the healing process. My goal is to help you get to the base coping issue(s) and become independent of using me. In my experience in traditional outpatient counseling, my goal is to get the client to be able to cope with their problems as soon as possible.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, Abandonment, Adoption and Foster Care, Aging and Geriatric Issues, Antisocial Personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant Personality, Blended Family Issues, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain illness and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Dependent Personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic Violence, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Emptiness, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Fatherhood Issues, Fertility Issues, First Responder Issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Hospice and End of Life Counseling, Impulsivity, Intellectual Disability, 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, Paranoia, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Postpartum Depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and Discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Self-love, Sex Addiction, Smoking/Vaping Cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Traumatic Brain Injury, Workplace issues, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy