Adults and children who are looking for support in their current stage of personal development. My clients often present to therapy with a wide range of goals they want to work on. These may include adjustment to life stressors and traumatic events, enhancing relationship and social functioning, addressing addiction concerns, finding strategies for attention/concentration issues, learning techniques to come back from dissociation/disconnect from their bodies, and/or seeking help with how to manage certain thoughts, moods, emotions and sensations.

I received my Master’s from Texas State University in May 2010 and have over 20 years experience in mental health. I have extensive training in the specific areas of child development and neuroscience; parenting/attachment; the effects, behavioral adaptations and treatment of trauma and chronic stress; mental health crisis intervention; and expressive therapies (play therapy, sand tray therapy, psychodrama, art, music, movement, etc.).

I use a variety of therapeutic approaches tailored to each client’s individual needs, goals, preferences, and pace, including:

• Trauma processing & integration — including EMDR, IFS, EFT tapping, and bilateral stimulation

• Family-of-origin & intergenerational work — exploring how past experiences and family patterns impact the present

• Somatic & nervous system regulation — grounding, breathwork, body awareness, and regulation skills

• Mindfulness & mind-body practices — including meditation, yoga, Tai Chi, and Qigong

• Parenting & caregiver support

• Expressive & creative approaches — including movement, music, writing, art, play, psychodrama, and sand tray