PERSON-CENTERED APPROACH

I use a holistic, existential, person-centered approach in my work with clients. I believe that YOU are the expert on your life and that YOU already have the answers for growth and healing within yourself. My role is to be a guide, resource and supportive companion as I walk beside you on your life journey, and help you discover and nurture your inner truth.

"Each one of us has the ability to fully develop our innate capacity to live through an awareness of love, interconnection, and appreciation of life's unfolding. Beyond belief, beyond a cognitive story we tell ourselves, the awakened brain is the inner lens through which we access the truest and most expansive reality: that all of life is sacred, that we never walk alone." - Dr. Lisa Miller, The Awakened Brain

PASSION AND EXPERIENCE

I have extensive experience working with children, adolescents, adults and families who have been affected by trauma. Trauma comes in many shapes and forms. It tells us lies about ourselves and the world that we tend to believe and internalize. My passion lies in helping unearth these lies and replace them with truths, so that we can live healthy, joyful and meaningful lives in community with others.

Prior to starting my own practice, I spent over three years working as a clinical coordinator and trauma therapist at the Collins Center, a local non-profit that provides comprehensive services to those affected by sexual harm. Before then, I worked as a therapeutic day treatment counselor at Skyline Middle School for three years, serving vulnerable children and families in the Harrisonburg area. I also have prior experience at a community counseling center in Austin, Texas as a graduate level intern therapist. I am trained in various trauma-informed treatment modalities including EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy), Sand Tray Therapy and TF-CBT (Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy). I am a strong proponent of mindfulness based therapeutic interventions and find personal meaning in exploring spirituality with my clients.