I believe…
in being genuine and humorous in all that I do. Some call it sarcasm and others appreciate the inappropriate humor of military life. That's the language I speak! I couple those attributes with good clinical skills and the result is healing beyond your wildest dreams. I walk along side you through your journey; you will never be alone. I am trained in several research-based models that also have positive results. This means I do things that prove you will get better.
Additional Services
Individual Therapy
Helping you to become the best version of yourself and get your shit together!
Individual - Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
This is a type of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy that is evidenced-based. CPT targets and resolves symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) associated with various traumatic events including childhood abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, and Combat Trauma. CPT is designed to be conducted over the course of 12 weekly sessions, but can be tailored to meet your specific treatment needs.
Ambivalent Couples Therapy
This type of therapy assists couples who aren’t sure they want to seek “couples therapy” because they don’t know if they want to remain in the relationship. This treatment helps couples explore their options and ends with the decision to move forward with couples therapy or terminating the relationship. This is typically a short-term intervention that takes an average of four sessions total.
Couples/Marital Therapy
Helping couples work through tough times and come out on the other side. My role is not to side with either partner, but to be on the side of what is best for your relationship. That doesn’t mean I may not agree with one person or the other, on occasion. I am also totally honest! So if I think that one person has already checked out of the relationship, I will not make either person believe we are doing marital counseling if we aren’t. ‘Couples work’ is one of my favorites because having the momentum of two people in therapy is so much fun! I utilize a lot of Gottman Principles in my couples work.
Family Therapy
Assisting nuclear, step, blended, and extended families to work through issues that often create tension within the family members, identify their roles in creating unhealthy patterns of interaction, and learn more effective ways to communicate and function.
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
This is an evidenced-based intervention that is designed to address behavioral problems in children ages 2-12. This program has been around for over 30 years and is an amazing intervention with proven results. Kids are fine in my office for one hour, once a week, but I don’t live with the families I treat. PCIT teaches the parent how to interact in more effective ways along with teaching them an easy to implement discipline technique. The first part of this treatment focuses on improving the parent-child relationship and the second half introduces the discipline techniques. Parents are taught and coached in sessions to become play therapists for their own kids! This type of treatment lasts an average of 12 sessions, but I hame many families master the skills way below that as well as way over that. We do what is best for your family.
Group Therapy
We offer a variety of group treatment interventions. Currently, we offer the following groups: Cognitive Processing Therapy, Veteran Support, Spouses of Veterans, and Navigating TRICARE and the DOD health system: Without Losing Your Mind. Feel free to offer suggestions of other group types you may be interested in. Our goal is to meet you where you are and you know your needs better than we do!
“It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.”