Hello, Thank you for visiting my page. I have worked with people who have experienced trauma, depression, unresolved grief, addiction, anxiety, loss, and life transitions. I work collaboratively with my clients, while being supportive and dedicated to their increased well being. My approach to therapy is to be genuine, open, honest, supportive, and curious. I view psychotherapy as a framework for identifying, understanding, and working through problems that cause people to feel stuck, helpless or insecure about their lives. Ultimately, I consider the goal of psychotherapy as empowering others to reach aspired levels of purpose.

I am currently accepting new clients. Are you a parent struggling to cope with your child’s behavior? Are you an individual struggling with depression, anxiety, difficulties with concentration and focus which is affecting your family, work or school? Let me help you ease your stress and emotional pain. My years of experience treating depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, and Trauma. I work extensively with children, adolescent , individuals and couples using techniques that are tailored to meet your needs and at your pace will give you comfort.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor, Level 2 iRest® Yoga Nidra Teacher, Registered Yoga Teacher (200 hour) and Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher working with adults in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With this integrative approach, we have an opportunity to pull from a variety of practices to create sessions that fit you as a person and your therapeutic goals.

At any age or stage in life, difficulties along the way can cause positive parts of ourselves to get a little buried, blocked, or hidden. Using your own creative process, I aim to help you reconnect with the parts of yourself that are courageous, caring, compassionate, curious, confident, calm, and connected. This process can be done individually, with couples, and in family sessions.

Connections Counseling Group focuses on the trauma informed approach while providing family, group and individual counseling. We work with individuals who have suffered from a variety of traumatic life situations, including those persons and families, traditional and non traditional, experiencing emotional and physical violence. emotional manipulation, divorce, grief, sexual assault, molestation, sexual offending, battering, and substance abuse. We works with many individuals involved with probation, and in a variety of family court services. Many of us are trained and experienced in TF-CBT, CPT, and Seeking Safety.

All of us, at some point in our lives, are going to experience a significant emotional struggle. Whether individual or relational, we all encounter sometimes brief, sometimes longer, periods where our struggle may begin to feel overwhelming. My practice is founded on treating clients with a comprehensive psychosocial approach. Most individuals realize medication can temporarily retard the progress of symptoms through symptom reduction. Alone, medication cannot resolve the personal issues associated with long term increases in quality of life. I believe my best professional strengths are an abiding respect for the individual coming into my office, and a reliable resource to explore, educate and inform persons about critical life issues.

Infidelity and betrayal trauma is a focus of mine. I work with female partners who have experienced the devastating blow of infidelity or sexual addiction of their spouse. I work from a trauma perspective and aim to provide hope and healing from this life shattering event. I am part of a team of counselors, male and female, who work together to aid healing and change for each partner and for the couple's relationship, if appropriate. While many clinicians work in this area of practice, I have formal training in navigating the complex issues related to betrayal.

Everyone experiences a time in their life when it is difficult to function at their full potential. Emotions and relationships can often overwhelm our daily functioning and we experience a feeling of being stuck in our current situation. These difficult emotions have often been a part of us for so long that we do not realize there is a different way of living. If you are struggling with emotions, relationships, addiction or you find yourself repeating the same patterns, I would like the opportunity to work with you.

I work with people who struggle with addiction/substance abuse problems along with their families. I also am able to work with people who have mental health concerns such depression, anxiety, trauma, family communication problems.

Are you desperate for a change in your life, but not sure where to start? You know you want something different. You're fed up with the fear, anxiety, depression, and self-doubt. You just can't go on anymore doing it the way you've been doing it. You're ready for change, and you're also scared of it. You know you need help figuring this out and that's why you're here.

It's hard to be strong for everyone all the time. You feel life is pulling in too many directions and there is no time to just stop and breathe. Your thoughts won't even shut up long enough to get some sleep. Life wasn't always this hard, but you may not even remember the last time something was actually fun. Feeling broken and beaten by the world is exhausting. It may seem hopeless now, but other people swear by therapy so maybe it will work for you too.

I am a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist (LMFT) and a Board-Endorsed LMFT Supervisor, able to assist candidates in their path to Licensure. I like to assist people in dealing with difficult situations that life throws at them. Whether it's an issue at work, at school, or at home- I will be there for you. I have experience with children, teens, and adults in individual, family, couple and group settings. I'm a parent coach, and a spouse coach. Let's solve the puzzle together!

Being a human is hard work. Sometimes the hard work we do every day begins to feel like pushing a giant rock up a hill, only for it to fall back down and crush us. Sound familiar? We human beings are informed by our past, but our past does not have to dictate our future. Whether you feel that your body is not your own, that you keep your partner at an arm’s length because sex is scary or hurts, or have been alienated by your family or friends, let’s talk.

Is everything “too much” and “not enough” and “literally you can’t even” and “you don’t know” and “maybe you should talk to someone”, but also “you feel like you should be able to handle it on your own so forget it”? Okay, well, first, just because you CAN handle it on your own, doesn’t mean you have to. That’s where I come in. I believe that you can handle it too. And sometimes, when it feels like life has been doing it’s damnedest to take you out, you need someone in your corner to remind you what tools are available, which muscles need to be strengthened, or that it’s okay to just take a nap and try again tomorrow.

With over 10 years of experience in the mental health field, I have worked with individuals, couples, and groups. Although I personalize services for each person, I primarily use Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people pursue what they care about most, even in the face of pain and struggle. You can learn more about this approach from my self-help website here: https://www.helpwithact.com/

As a marriage and family therapist, I have a unique perspective on the things going on in your life. I love using my understanding of systems and relationships to work with a wide range of clients, including families, couples, and individuals. I has been so blessed to do therapy with people from many different backgrounds, dealing with hard things in life that they want to grow from. I am licensed in both Oklahoma and Tennessee, and can work with clients from either state. I work with clients in Oklahoma in my office and teletherapy sessions, and clients in Tennessee via teletherapy as well.

We all have hiccups in life and situations that knock us down. It takes a lot of strength and courage to reach out for help. If you have stumbled upon this page and are tired of feeling the way you do, I want to help you find wholeness. If you are at a place in life where you wonder what happened and how you got to where you are, I want to help you find your happiness.