I am licensed in Kentucky with over 5 years of professional work experience as an LCSW and 20 years experience within the mental health field. I have experience in helping clients with a variety of challenges, such as, stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Personality Disorders, depression & parenting issues. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy takes courage and I am looking forward to being able to walk alongside you in this journey.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Parenting issues, Anger management, Depression, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant personality, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Dependent personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Guilt and shame, Mood disorders, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Post-traumatic stress, Self-harm, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Social anxiety and phobia
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
KY LCSW 255935