I am licensed in Minnesota and Wisconsin with 21 years of professional work experience in adult mental health. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety; coping with grief and loss; depression (including motivation, self esteem and confidence); bipolar disorder, personality disorders, and psychosis.
I have a trauma-informed and person-centered approach to care. I believe in the therapeutic power of truly listening, hearing and being understood. believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs.
It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Trauma and abuse, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and Foster Care, Aging and Geriatric Issues, Antisocial Personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant Personality, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain illness and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Dissociation, Domestic Violence, Emptiness, Fertility Issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Hospice and End of Life Counseling, Immigration Issues, Impulsivity, Intellectual Disability, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders , Multicultural Concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality Disorders, Postpartum Depression, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and Discrimination, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Self-love, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Trichotillomania, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young Adult Issues
WI LCSW 11050-123
MN LICSW 28021