I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with over three years of counseling and related experience. I hold a Masters Degree in Professional Counseling from Liberty University. I have experience working with adults and children of all ages. To include individual counseling, couples counseling, and group counseling. I practice from an eclectic style with an emphasis on the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) modality. I am an action-oriented clinician who believes outcomes speak for themselves. The evidenced based practices, programs and interventions I utilize are documented, peer reviewed activities, strategies and information; whose effectiveness is proven and based on empirical research and evaluation. I have experience treating a myriad of challenges. To include depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, obsessive and compulsive issues, Bipolar-Disorder, impulsiveness, oppositional defiance and behavioral issues, poor school performance, substance use, self-esteem issues, boundaries, infidelity, personality disorders, work related stress and anxiety, and intellectual and developmental disabilities to name a few.
Additional areas of focus: LGBT, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Parenting issues, Abandonment, Adoption and Foster Care, Attachment issues, Blended Family Issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, 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, Emptiness, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Fatherhood Issues, First Responder Issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders , Multicultural Concerns, Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Phobias, Postpartum Depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and Discrimination, Self-love, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy
NC LCMHC 15147