I am an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker ) in Colorado with 10 years of professional work experience as a social worker and 4 years as a therapist. I have performed clinical work in various roles and areas: working with families involved in child welfare, supportive housing, homelessness, personality disorders, addiction, and chronic mental illness. My passion is in trauma resiliency . I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. I am very open and genuine, empathetic and compassionate. I strongly believe in social justice and racial equity. As a white, cis-gendered, straight woman of European descent, I cannot understand what it is like to be a racial minority or a member of the LGBTQIA community. However, I strongly believe in creating equity for all marginalized groups and am curious to hear about your experiences and how they have shaped you. I am also experienced in working with neurodivergent individuals and believe that our diversity (race, gender, sex, age, ability, neurodivergence, ethnicity, culture, and more!) are what makes us function as a society. I am not religious myself, but I invite you to bring your beliefs and values into our work together and I will commit to honoring them.
I am trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy), TBRI (Trust Based Relational Intervention), MI (Motivational Interviewing), and SFBT (Solution Focused Brief Therapy) primarily. I try to help clients use their existing strengths to overcome obstacles and to help clients learn about how our past experiences and beliefs manifest in our present bodies, minds, feelings, and behaviors. I also use art, music, and movement as therapeutic interventions to help the body process trauma and overwhelming stressful experiences.
I commend you on your commitment to personal growth and would be honored to be part of your journey toward healing, resiliency, understanding, and living the fullest life possible.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Anger management, Self esteem, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, First responder issues, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Isolation / loneliness, Midlife crisis, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Personality disorders, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Traumatic brain injury, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Existential Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
CO LCSW CSW.09928409