Mental Health Counseling

Psychotherapy

As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, I join you with curiosity, compassion, and openness to support your exploration of the full complexity of who you are. I create a safe and accepting space where all parts of yourself, including those that have been disowned, neglected, or hidden, can be acknowledged and integrated, allowing you to live more authentically and fully.

My approach is integrative, grounded in the understanding that the body, mind, and subtle aspects of self are interconnected parts of a whole. Every significant experience holds physical, emotional, mental, and deeper energetic or unconscious layers that influence how you show up in your life and relationships. By addressing these dimensions together, through somatic awareness, emotional insight, and reflective exploration, we work toward greater wholeness and connection within yourself.

This holistic framework can lead to meaningful benefits such as reduced stress and anxiety, alleviation of depressive symptoms, enhanced emotional regulation, improved communication, deeper relational intimacy, and increased resilience. It also supports expanding self-awareness, distress tolerance, and social-emotional flexibility, empowering you to live in alignment with your true self.

In our sessions, you’ll learn grounding and resourcing techniques to help you stay present and steady amidst life’s challenges. You’ll cultivate insight into unconscious patterns, refine your intuition, and develop tools to release what no longer serves you—so you can step into a more embodied, authentic way of being.

Methods & Techniques

  • Somatic Psychotherapy / Somatic Practices: Therapeutic methods that focus on the body’s sensations and movements to process trauma and regulate emotions
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): A cognitive-behavioral approach that emphasizes mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness to help clients manage intense emotions and improve relationships.
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): A trauma-focused therapy that uses guided eye movements to help reprocess and reduce the emotional impact of traumatic memories.
  • Breathwork: Uses conscious breathing techniques to influence physical, emotional, and mental states, promoting relaxation and emotional release.
  • Body Awareness Techniques: Practices that help clients tune into bodily sensations as a way to access emotions, improve self-regulation, and increase present-moment awareness.
  • Neuro Emotional Technique (NET): A mind-body approach that identifies and addresses unresolved emotional stress stored in the body, facilitating improved physical and emotional health.
  • SMART Recovery: A self-empowerment program based on cognitive-behavioral principles designed to help individuals overcome addictive behaviors through practical tools and peer support.
  • Solution-Focused Therapy: A goal-oriented, brief therapy focusing on clients’ strengths and resources to find practical solutions and foster positive change.
  • Mindfulness Practices: Techniques that cultivate present-moment awareness and non-judgmental acceptance of thoughts and feelings to reduce stress and enhance emotional regulation.
  • Psychodynamic-Informed Therapy: Explores unconscious patterns, early relationships, and emotional conflicts to gain insight and promote healing from deep-seated psychological issues.
  • Jungian Psychology / Depth Psychology: Focuses on exploring the unconscious, symbolic meanings, and archetypes to foster self-awareness and psychological integration.
  • Shadow/Parts Work: Involves uncovering and integrating the unconscious or disowned parts of the self to achieve greater wholeness and authenticity.
  • Attachment Theory: Examines how early relationships influence current emotional bonds and interpersonal patterns, informing therapeutic strategies to improve relational health.

Credentials & Specializations

Masters In Education: Specialization in Clinician Mental Health Counseling

Licensed Mental Health Counselor in FL

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Foundational Training with Behavioral Tech A Linehan Institute Training Company

SMART Recovery GSF 203: Facilitator/Family & Friends Training with SMART Recovery

EMDR Training EMDRIA Approved Certificate of Completion with Insight Counseling

NET Basic with NETMindBody