I am licensed in Illinois with 5 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, & parenting issues. I have experience with adoption, foster care, and non traditional family arrangements. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.
Additional areas of focus: Grief, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Depression, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Attachment issues, Blended family issues, Caregiver issues and stress, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Forgiveness, Isolation / loneliness, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Post-traumatic stress, Prejudice and discrimination, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems
IL LCSW 149017303