Therapy Services

An investment in yourself.

Counseling is an investment in your future. It takes commitment and a willingness to experience change and transformation. It isn't easy, but nothing good ever is. Sometimes we all need a safe space where we don't feel judged, and we feel heard. Too often, we have others tell us what we should do, rather than actually listening to us. Counseling is a chance to be heard without someone trying to change you to fit his or her individual biases. You are the expert of your life: you live it. Counseling is an opportunity to work with someone who is an expert on change that will help you find what that looks like in your life.

 

Adolescent Counseling
Being an adolescent is difficult in today's culture. I provide a place that allows for disclosure of problems and struggles with just being another adult in their life.

Anger Management
Anger is a powerful force that feels at times like it has a life of its own. I help discover what's behind it, as it usually stems from past hurts or helpless frustration.

Anxiety
From simple worry to debilitating panic attacks, anxiety can quickly overwhelm us. I discern causes and help in learning calming skills, developing perspective, and discovering cognitive bias.

Couples Counseling
Developing and maintaining intimacy in relationships takes work and empathy. Regardless of your relationship dynamic and unique circumstances, this is one of the helping areas about which I am most passionate. I teach proper communication skills as well as strengthening all other areas that will help your relationship last.

Depression
Depression can take many forms, but each of them has both emotional and physical symptoms. Often depression is caused by unresolved issues or lack of personal direction, and it persists because of lack of awareness.

Family Counseling
There's an acceptance in our society that kids do not talk to parents, and parents struggle to connect with their kids. Teaching, guidance, and a safe space can often change this dynamic. I believe strongly in the love and logic method of child rearing.

Identity Challenges
Identity or parts of identity may be classified by any number of things such as religion, race, sexual preference, gender, and/or ethnicity. Developing an identity or sense of self can take time and may be challenging. Struggling with identity issues may lead to depression, anxiety, and other psychological health problems in addition to even physical health problems.

Low Self-Esteem
Self-esteem refers to the beliefs which we hold about ourself. How we see ourselves and the degree to which we value ourselves, greatly affects our well-being. Low self-esteem is associated with self-doubt, self-criticism, social isolation, suppressed anger, and shame.

Pre-Marital Counseling
Psychoeducational counseling that deals with many of the issues couples face, including communication, developing and maintaining intimacy, loyalty, and commitment.

Spiritually Sensitive Counseling
Healing often includes God-issues, which we need to explore without worrying about the bias of another person trying to "convert" us to their finite way of viewing the Transcendent. Respect for your personal beliefs is paramount to your journey.

Stress Management
Stress is often defined as the body’s response to the demands of life, though stress also involves emotions and the mind. Stress occurs fairly often in life, but high levels of stress can have a negative effect on physical and mental health. 

Veteran's Counseling
Being a veteran myself, I bring an understanding of the military mindset and challenges that are unique to service, including family needs, deployment, and the affects of returning home from war.