Credentials

Licensed Professional Counselor Associate

I am under the supervision of Kevin Fall, Ph.D., LPC-S

Education & Training

Masters in Mental Health Counseling - Texas State University

200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

How I work with people

My approach is heart-centered and trauma-informed. I meet you where you are by combining various perspectives. I mainly use:

Most importantly, I prioritize authentically connecting with you. I can be gentle and patient, and challenge you as well. 

Values in my work: humility, my own self-reflection, and acceptance of all diversity. I do not use diagnosis. I believe our behavior is an attempt to survive the best we can at the time. You have the freedom to decide if these patterns are useful or not to you, and align with your values.

How can psychotherapy help?

  • It can help you find awareness of how your past affects your present.

  • You can learn how you relate to others in your life through your relationship with your therapist.

  • By noticing patterns in your behavior, you can empower yourself and live a fuller, more authentic life.

  • You can re-attune to your needs if you have focused on attuning to others and tend to have codependent or imbalanced relationships.

  • It can help you feel more connected to yourself, have a greater capacity to connect with others and find meaning in your pain.

  • Deepening your self trust can help you be closer to and trust others.

  • Learning to trust your inner radar, can help you put yourself in new situations, and no longer choose situations that are not healthy for you.

  • Being unconditionally accepted by your therapist, can help you find more acceptance and compassion for yourself and others.

About me & my perspective on healing

I enjoy being in the water and the sun, music, photography and exercise. I created all the nature photos on my website. I value a deep connection to nature and believe all things are interconnected.

I think most people in healing professions are here because we are also trying to come back home to ourselves. Thank you for joining me on the ride. It’s an honor to walk with you.

I like the idea of the upward spiral. We circle around the same lessons over and over, learning deeper layers of the lessons as we go. Sometimes we might feel we aren't making "progress," but if we take a step back and look at the bigger picture, we are spiraling upwards.

“We have two eyes to see two sides of things, but there must be a third eye which will see everything at the same time and yet not see anything. That is to understand Zen.”

— D.T. Suzuki