I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in the states of Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas. and Virginia, and certified to provide TeleMental Health (video conferencing) services in Florida. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from St. Thomas Aquinas College and a Master’s degree in Clinical/Community Psychology from Norfolk State University, I have held licensure as a professional counselor in Georgia since 2006 and in Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Dakota and Virginia since 2019. In addition, I have obtained certification in Trauma Resolution Therapy and Clinical Hypnotherapy, and am certified as a clinical hypnotherapist through the National Board for Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists. I am also Board Certified in TeleMental Health. In addition, I have earned certification as a Master Addiction Counselor.

     

     Prior to earning my independent license as a Professional Counselor in 2006, I worked at residential facilities for children and adolescents, on adult inpatient psychiatric units, and in emergency rooms providing mental health assessments. After becoming fully/independently licensed in 2006, I continued to work on the psychiatric units and emergency rooms, and I continued doing so while I built up my own private counseling practice, starting in 2008. I have been in full-time private practice since 2012.

 

     I operate an online counseling practice, working with adults and adolescents. II work with clients ages 12 and older who are dealing with a wide array of issues. I particularly enjoy working with clients dealing with depression, anxiety, stress, anger, adjustment issues and trauma, helping survivors of trauma to heal and to flourish. I am holistic and eclectic in my approach, incorporating thinking and techniques from diverse schools of psychotherapy. I choose interventions and techniques that are best suited to the needs of the client and that encompass care of the body, mind, and spirit. While I do not impose my beliefs on clients, I am a Christian and willingly deal with spiritual matters that clients may bring to counseling.