Hello! What a brave step you are taking in searching for a counselor to walk with you on your journey! I know it can be a hard and sometimes frustrating step to take, but it’s important to take care of yourself!
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia and have been counseling for over ten years. I earned my Masters of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Eastern Mennonite University. I have experience working with adolescents, children, and adults in individual, family, couples, and group settings. The issues I have the most experience working with are anxiety and stress, depression, trauma, and family and parenting issues.
The things that influence my counseling the most are a person-centered environment (respect and working together toward goals and treatment), attachment-orientation (focusing on your relationships and how people have shaped you), trauma-informed and body-based approaches (realizing that so much of our life is affected by our experiences and how our body experiences things). I believe that it is important to be aware of how our body experiences life and emotions. I emphasize becoming more aware of how our reactions, emotions, and way we are in the world are reflected in our bodies and how turning our focus here can help us heal!
I have particular training in trauma and resiliency, play therapy and parenting techniques, energy anatomy and soul psychology, and nonviolent conflict transformation. I received my undergraduate degree in Peace, Justice, and Conflict studies and Art, so I lean on those disciplines as well. I am experienced in talk therapy, expressives, play therapy, Focusing, energetics, and body-based interventions.
Together we can take the next step toward healing and wholeness!
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and Foster Care, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain illness and disability, Codependency, Communication problems, Emptiness, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Intellectual Disability, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders , Panic disorder and panic attacks, Postpartum Depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Self-love, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems
VA LPC 0701008319