I work with adults, adolescents, and couples who want to learn new skills and coping strategies, find meaning in crisis and life, repair damage from trauma, and reach their life goals. I can help you address issues such as depression, anxiety, trauma, abuse recovery, grief and loss, chronic illness and pain, stress management, anger management, effective communication, assertiveness, and stress-management/relaxation response training.
I believe that a counselor serves as a guide, teacher, mentor, encourager, supporter, and accountability-partner. I am a supportive, solution-focused, strength-based counselor. I believe that counseling must be customized to match your needs, goals, and personal situation. I also believe that everyone will experience mental health difficulties at some point in their lives and that counseling is an amazing opportunity to grow, increase self-awareness and understanding, develop spiritually, learn healthy coping strategies, improve relationships, and create a more satisfying life.
I am dedicated to providing quality service, cost-effective treatment options, and flexibility in scheduling to best meet the needs of my clients. I currently provide individual counseling, couples counseling, and am available to provide psychoeducational groups and workshops for organizations or churches. I offer income-based sliding scale fees. Self-payment for your counseling allows you to have more control over your private information, your therapy options, and the length of counseling desired.
Insurance Networks:
I am an in-network provider for some insurance companies and Employee Assistance Programs including, but not limited to: -
- Aetna
- BestCare EAP
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Cigna
- DeerOaks EAP
- Department of Labor FECA/OWCP
- MultiPlan PHCS
- Wellspring EAP
Training Certificates:
- I am a trained PREPARE/ENRICH provider for Premarital and Couples/Marriage Counseling. The PREPARE/ENRICH program is unique in offering computerized assessments to identify strength and growth areas in your relationships, as well as identifying specific skills that can be used to improve relationships in a limited number of sessions.
- I have completed a Psychophysiological Assessment and Intervention education program approved by the Biofeedback Certification of America. I provide Heart Rate Variability biofeedback training as a coping skill for some of my clients.
- I have completed the Level 1 training from the Gottman Institute for Couples/Marriage Counseling. Gottman is the leader in performing scientific research and creating research-based theories and interventions for issues specific to couples.
Mental Health Provider Resume:
- I volunteered services as a trained crisis counselor with Family Services’ Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Crisis Hotline and Hospital-Based Rape Crisis Response Team of Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1995 – 1996, and with the Houston Suicide Crisis Hotline in 1998 – 1999.
- I completed graduate-level internships at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School’s Rehabilitation Center in 2000, the UTSW Eugene McDermott Center for Pain Management in 2001, and the HealthSouth Brain Injury Rehabilitation Day Treatment Program in 2002. I earned my Masters of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling Psychology from University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas in 2004.
- I provided crisis pregnancy counseling, pregnancy education and advocacy, and pregnancy loss counseling for the American Pregnancy Association in 2003 – 2004.
- I provided community-based psychosocial rehabilitation and crisis management services for people with severe and persistent mental illness for Telecare and Adapt of Texas in 2004 – 2006.
- I conducted mental health evaluations, facilitated psychoeducational groups, and provided counseling to individuals and families dealing with chronic pain and chronic illness for PRIDE in 2007 – 2010.
- I was an independent contractor in a group private practice at Allen Counseling Associates in 2006-2011.
- I have been in independent private practice since 2011.
- I have been fully licensed in Texas as a Licensed Professional Counselor since 2008, after completing 3,000 hours of post-graduate internship as an LPC-Intern in 2006-2008. I have been an approved LPC-Supervisor in Texas since 2013.
Special Interest Consulting & Education:
I offer consultation services to mental health professionals who are treating clients who have complex dissociative disorders, organized ritual abuse, and traumatic conditioning. I also offer educational appointments to non-professionals who have become integral support system members for people in this community (such as spouses and lay recovery partners). If you’d like to learn more, please visit this page.