Meet Our Counselors

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I consider it an honor to assist you through your process of becoming conscious of and utilizing your strengths, integrating the aspects of yourself, and discovering and revering your true Self. My goal is to provide support, encouragement, compassion, and unconditional positive regard to adults, children, adolescents, and families while guiding them to find their inner resources and true Selves so that they may heal, grow, and learn to thrive in life.  

Specialties include:  trauma resolution, depression, anxiety, grief/loss, self-care, mindfulness/spirituality, substance abuse, stress, family problems, parenting issues, child/adolescent behavioral problems, foster care/attachment issues, grief/loss, and relationship issues. 

I am trained in Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, Gestalt therapy, and Jungian Sandplay and dreamwork.  I am a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, a Pathwork Teacher and a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor.

I believe that during difficult times, or just for personal exploration, it is helpful to have a caring professional with whom to reflect and learn. The focus of my work is with adolescents and adults with any of the following:  

Stress/Struggling through the stages of life,

Mood disorders (anxiety or depression),

co-occurring disorders, 

substance use disorders,

adult survivors,

trauma survivors (domestic and sexual violence)

 and individuals diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. 

I use a client-centered, trauma-informed, mindfulness approach with individuals and in a group setting. I am trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and am currently working on my certification.  I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.  I received my Masters Degree in Social Work from George Mason University. 

I believe that clients are the experts of their lives and I strive to help use creative therapeutic avenues to create a space to help them meet their goals. I have experience helping children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families address emotional and behavioral needs including anxiety, depression, ADHD, anger management, mood disorders, social and school issues, military related issues, PTSD, Reactive Attachment Disorder, and family conflict. I provide trauma-informed care and utilize a variety of approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused, Child Centered Play Therapy, Filial Play Therapy, Emotionally Focused Couple and Family Therapy, Family Centered Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), Expressive Arts Therapy, and Mindfulness to help build resiliency and increase protective factors to improve individuals’ overall functioning.  I have various skills and training to include EMDR, Trauma and Play Therapy, Adverse Childhood Experiences and Youth Resiliency training, Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction Treatment Training, and Suicide Intervention Training. I am a Registered Play Therapist through the Association of Play Therapy and a Certified EMDR Therapist through the EMDR International Association. I am also a Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) provider. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Developmental Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education and a Master’s Degree in Professional Counseling from Grand Canyon University. I believe counseling can be a fun and empowering journey and am excited to help facilitate that with others!

I believe that every person can create their best environment and their best self. I can help accomplish this through by listening, supporting and giving each person the opportunity to process their experiences. Life is full of ups and downs that can be difficult to understand and I am here to help to make the best of what life gives us. 

My approach to therapy is solution-focused, person-centered and trauma informed with an emphasis on mindfulness. I have experience working with adults who are diagnosed with substance abuse, co-occurring disorders, mood disorders, PTSD, personality disorders, depression and anxiety. 

I have received training in Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Moral Recognition Therapy (MRT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI). I have extensive history working with individuals who are involved with the criminal justice system, including, working with first responders. 

My goal is to help you identify your strengths and use them to create balance throughout your life by setting healthy boundaries, improving communication and making healthy self-activities be a part of your everyday life. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and received my Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling from Walden University. 

I have had several clients over the years say, “Everyone should go to counseling!” 

I agree!  We all have different stressors, wounds, and events we face throughout our lives and very rarely have a place to process. That is what I provide; a nurturing and calm environment to give you space to process what is going on around you and, ultimately, inside you. My specialty areas include working with women struggling with anxiety, burnout/exhaustion, not knowing what is wrong, and grief. My intention is to help you develop a lifestyle you desire, set boundaries to help you thrive in your relationships, and develop coping skills for stress and anger. I use a collaborative approach in which you are the expert on yourself, the one doing the work of healing and growing, I am the helper. 

I earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Roanoke College as well as a Master of Science in Psychology from Radford University. I have been licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia to practice counseling since 2007. 

It is my goal to support young people in re-connecting to their natural state of wholeness and joy through a collaborative and integrative therapy approach. I work to create safe space for addressing the challenges of being young and the hard work of growing up. No matter how much love and support we experience, life can get difficult and problems can arise. I specialize in work with clients who are coping with loss and change, anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, behavioral challenges, lowered self-esteem, and school struggles.  I believe that young people can make amazing discoveries about themselves when given the time and space to focus on healing. Clients of diverse backgrounds are actively welcomed to therapy.   

I utilize Person-Centered Counseling, Cognitive and Mindfulness practices, Internal Family Systems Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Integrative Play Therapy, Positive Discipline techniques, and Art-Based Therapy. I have over 150 hours of play therapy specific training.  I have special training in Adoption Competency(TAC) and Internal Family Systems (IFS).  I received my Safe Space LGBTQ Ally Training through ODU in 2021. 

I earned my Masters degree in Counseling and Psychology from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA where I centered my studies in holistic and expressive therapies. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and have worked with children, teens, and young adults in various school and mental health settings since 2003.