About

INSPIRED BY COURAGE

My personal experience of being an adolescent with anxiety and body image struggles has since grown into a passion for helping adolescents and young adults through this gauntlet of social media comparisons, peer pressure, and the like. Finding support in a world of mental health stigma can be very daunting, but I hope that your adolescent will find that working with me is easy, and that it is okay to ask for help, and to be open to the support given.

My goal is to help your adolescent feel safe enough to be vulnerable and courageous enough to create the life they deserve and strive for.

I want to be the best support, educator, and mentor for your adolescent. I want to be these things for them during their recovery journey so that they can eventually learn to be these things for themselves and others.

Work

GREAT EXPERIENCE MATTERS

I have been working with adolescents and young adults since the beginning of my career. I started my mental health counseling career working as a Behavioral Health Specialist at Timberline Knolls. While in that position I focused on supporting young adults with diagnoses of anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addiction, and eating disorder. After six months in that position, I transitioned into a group therapist role as an Eating Disorder Specialist. I had become the main group therapist and Eating Disorder Specialist for the adolescent lodge. I facilitated psychoeducational, process, and experiential groups, which focused on self-image, eating disorders, and body image. Thanks to my experience as a group therapist for adolescents at Timberline Knolls, I have gained the knowledge and the competence to work with diagnoses of: anxiety, depression, bipolar, eating disorders, addiction, self-harm, and trauma.

My therapy approach is a combination of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and compassion-focused therapy (CFT).  CBT focuses on changing our thoughts and/or behaviors to influence our emotions. DBT is a skill-based model that focuses on mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. CFT focuses on cultivating compassion towards self, one’s experiences, and others to create a life of wellness without suffering.