As a licensed therapist in Arizona, I bring over two decades of compassionate, specialized experience supporting individuals through complex life challenges. My practice centers on creating affirming, inclusive spaces for LGBTQ+ individuals, trauma survivors, and those navigating significant life transitions.
I specialize in addressing diverse experiences including chronic illness, grief, relationship dynamics, workplace stress, and personal growth. My approach is deeply empathetic, focusing on helping clients develop self-love, improve communication, and work through challenging emotions like guilt, shame, and panic.
With expertise in trauma-informed care, I support clients through various experiences—from trauma recovery to postpartum challenges, chronic illness, and life stage transitions. I'm particularly committed to working with young adults, women, and LGBTQ+ communities, offering a non-judgmental, supportive therapeutic environment.
My therapeutic style emphasizes collaboration, personal empowerment, and holistic healing. I draw from evidence-based practices to help clients develop resilience, understand their unique strengths, and create meaningful pathways toward emotional wellness.
Additional areas of focus: Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Divorce and separation, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, HIV / AIDS, Impulsivity, Intellectual disability, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Traumatic brain injury, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
AZ LPC LPC-13206