- Teletherapy/Virtual Sessions
- Colorado
I am a licensed professional counselor and certified addictions specialist, offering services to individuals and families. With 30 years of experience, I have worked with people of all ages, from 9 to 90, and from a wide range of backgrounds. My approach is solution-focused and strength-based, with expertise in mood disorders such as depression and anxiety, relationship issues including couples, divorce, families, and children, as well as grief and loss, life transitions, chronic pain/ physical disabilities, drug addiction, and dual diagnosis involving addictions and mental health challenges.
I am here to cater to your needs. My style is eclectic by nature and I have been trained in various theories. I use the one most appropriate for each individual I am treating. I lean towards the Choice Theory, Reality Therapy, and Solution Focused Therapy because these tend to help clients quickly find what they want and wish to accomplish.
I help my clients look at how realistic and attainable their desires and needs are; then we take the steps needed together to explore “wants verses needs.” My role is to assist in the elimination of unproductive behavior by revisiting and targeting what has not worked and what does work. The goal is to promote positive, productive change.
As needed I use the Client Centered approach (listening and being supportive), as well as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (retraining thoughts, emotions, and behaviors) and Dialectic Behavior Therapy (teaching a way of noticing but not responding to irrational thinking). By any means ethically necessary, I aim to help those who need to be set free from past baggage. My services are designed with YOU in MIND. I Specialize in people and work well with all races and ethnicities.
- M.A. Community Counseling, Argosy University of Colorado
- Adolescents
- Adults
- Children
- Couples
- Families
- Abuse
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Anxiety
- At-Risk Youth
- Behavior Disorders
- Borderline
- Cancer
- Caregiver Stress
- Chemical Dependency
- Childhood Trauma
- Chronic Illness
- Co-Occurring Disorders
- Culturally Diverse Populations
- Depression
- Desire Discrepancy
- Divorce
- Domestic Violence
- Eating Disorders
- Expressive Arts Therapy
- Family Conflicts
- Family Systems
- Family/Peer Relationship Issues
- First Responders
- Formerly Incarcerated Adults
- Grief and Loss
- Healthy Coping Strategies
- Infant/Child Loss
- Infertility
- Interpersonal Relationships
- Intimate Partner Violence
- LGBTQIA Community
- Life Changes
- Life Transitions
- Maternal Mental Health
- Mood Disorders
- PTSD
- Parenting Support
- People with Disabilities
- Personality Disorders
- Postpartum Depression
- Pregnancy Issues
- Relationship Issues
- Self-Esteem
- Sexual Disorders
- Sexual Trauma
- Stress Management
- Substance Abuse
- Third-Party Reproductive Consultation
- Trauma
- Trauma/PTSD
- Veterans
- Vulnerable and Aging Adults
- Women’s Issues
- Young Adults
- Aetna
- Cigna
- Kaiser Permanente
- Kaiser Permanente (Medicare)
- Self-Pay
- United Healthcare/Optum
- Curative
- Male
- Female
- Transgender
- Non-Binary
- Gender Fluid
- Buddhist
- Christian
- Hindu
- Jewish
- Muslim
- Secular and Non-Religious
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
- White
- Black and African American
- Hispanic and Latino
- Asian
- Native American
- Pacific Islander
- Asexual
- Bisexual
- Gay
- Heterosexual
- Lesbian
- Polysexual
- Queer
- Questioning
- Sexual Fluidity