Therapists in 89134

**FREE 15 MINUTE PHONE CONSULTATION** If you're struggling with stressful relationships, a dysfunctional past, anxiety, sadness, impossible life circumstances, or unhealthy coping, I would be honored to work with you. Seeing a psychologist for help with your personal struggles is a courageous step, especially if you've never seen a therapist before. Therapy can be hard work. It can mean facing yourself and your emotions in a very real way, but it can also mean growing in ways you didn't think possible before. In my practice YOU are the client, not your problem.

Everyone struggles sometimes, but there are times when we need help to get through those struggles and therapy is a really good way to do just that! Some of the struggles that people come to talk to me about include procrastination, lack of motivation, worry, and difficulty enjoying life in general. I also work with many adolescents and their parents on the transition through puberty and into young adulthood.

It takes courage to admit that what you've been doing is no longer working for you or your loved ones. Together we can explore new ways to cope and make the changes you ultimately desire. You have already taken the first steps to make a change just by acknowledging that you are no longer comfortable with the way things are. I'd like the chance to meet you in person and answer any questions you may have.

"Accepting new clients at this time." In addition to my Marriage and Family Therapy training, I have earned both a Masters degree and Doctoral degree in education. I have forty years experience as an educator. I have professional experience working with civilian and military families and couples, as well as, juvenile and adult learners.

I believe a therapist should have a plan of action that works with a wide range of clients without making personal judgments. The plan should embrace your way of thinking, your goals, and your morality. That's the kind of therapist I would be for you. Whether working with families, couples or individuals, I would want to understand what went wrong and how you tried to fix it. Then find something new. The new solution lies in healing your own history: your resentments, losses, disappointments, and traumas. Healing these things will make you whole, as a person or as part of a couple.

I AM ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS. Are you feeling stuck? Alone? Like no matter what you try, things don't change? I am here to help. I am dedicated to providing a safe, supportive and inclusive environment for those seeking to grow and heal. My goal is to work collaboratively with clients and offer a comfortable space to achieve personal growth.

I have over 25 years of experience doing psychotherapy. I trained with experts at Johns Hopkins Medical School and UCLA. I work with individuals and couples who are experiencing problems in daily living or just dissatisfaction with quality of life, going through transitions as they age, change jobs, being in or out of relationship, going through separation, divorce, even death of a partner, or approaching dating after a loss. I have years of experience dealing with adjustment to chronic disease, including many forms of cancer, AIDS/HIV, being dialysis dependent, multiple surgeries, or facing and living with organ transplant.

Do you feel seen? Do you feel heard? Where do you go to fill up when your tank is empty? Victorious Beginnings offers specialized faith-based therapy designed to help clients build a Victorious identity. Providing two-way discussions to individuals, couples, and teens help clients with difficult life transformations. Let's work together towards unlocking pain, confusion, fear, grief & loss, and anything that keeps you from living a Christ-filled lifestyle. Due to the ongoing risk of COVID-19 transmission, Victorious Beginnings is currently providing services through video or phone platforms only.

***ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS***The hardest thing in the world to do is to take the first step. I will applaud you for taking the first step in receiving counseling. Your life doesn't have to be a cocoon where only you know what is going on inside your life. Within every person, there is a desire to to be wanted, needed, or valued. No matter what challenges you face in life, you don't have to face them alone. I am here and willing to help you sort out challenges and assist you to transform into the life you deserve.

Personal experience and science attest the body tends toward wellness, both mentally and physically. Of course, it's also evident life can disrupt that balance in ways that challenge and overwhelm us. My approach to mental health is positive, holistic, viewing individuals as a whole with their strengths that are as much a reality as any emotional distress they may suffer. By utilizing these strengths and through a personalized approach that uses evidence-based practices, I am optimistic that emotional healing and wellness is an attainable goal.

The process of change can be a difficult one. There are many obstacles you can expect to encounter in trying to change. Finding the right therapist to help guide you through this process and having a good therapeutic relationship is one of the most key components to change. I am devoted to creating a very genuine, safe, comfortable, empathetic and understanding environment for my clients.

**TELEHEALTH SESSIONS ONLY** How uncomfortable are you in your depression? Anxiety? Relationship? Memories of trauma and abuse? We often need to be in enough discomfort before motivation to change takes place. If you find yourself in the same situation no matter how often you swear "this time will be different," I can help. Together, we will discover those parts of yourself which keep you in these situations. I work with individuals and couples to help resolve depression, anxiety, trauma, and patterns that perpetuate unfulfilling and unhealthy relationships. You *can* achieve healthier relationships with yourself and others.

Finding the right therapist is very important and can sometimes seem overwhelming. When it comes to therapeutic change, the largest contributing factor is the relationship between therapist and client. My practice is very client centered and "real". I am dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable, and caring atmosphere for you. Albert Einstein said, "No problem can be solved on the level of consciousness that created it in the first place." I work with Individuals, couples, and families to help them create new perspectives and insights, which in turn produces new behavior and enables them to achieve their desired results.

Feeling "low on fuel," frustrated, or overwhelm are natural signs that are telling you "it's time for change." Please contact me to assist you in redefining your life's goals or to explore new horizons and/or relationships to live a more vibrant & purposeful lifestyle. In doing so, symptoms of depression and/or anxiety will be alleviated. Psychotherapy will include brainstorming and resolving present challenges and/or discovering the root of where the emotional, mental, or physical pain began. In doing so, the process of healing and spiritual growth creates a richer lifestyle that transcends into a brighter future.

**Offering Online Service** As humans, we experience life and evolve through change. At times we welcome and it is wanted, other times it is unexpected causing distress. As a relational therapist with advanced trainings in Gottman techniques, I work with couples in facilitating change behaviors which have the potential to promote more secure and trusting relationships. Doing individual work with a client looks a bit different. From birth, the relationships we experience shape who we become and how we see and experience the world. Exploring these differing experiences offers a shift in perspective with greater self-compassion.

NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS AT THIS TIME*** I'm open to any client/situation. No judgement will ever come from me & I welcome anything to help me grow even more as a MFT. Believe me when I say that I'm here for you 100% & will utilize every resource I have to get you to the goal you are striving for in therapy. I want to channel the motivation & endurance you had to first look into therapy & take that to the next step of focusing on goals to move forward towards positive change.

My practice is dedicated to facilitating holistic healing, inner growth, and personal enlightenment. I am an accomplished clinical therapist specializing in individual, group, couple, family, adolescent, and child therapy. When an individual, a couple, a family obtains balance - psychologically, emotionally, physically, and spiritually - then a synergistic effect takes place that transforms every aspect of their life drawing in more joy, love, serenity, and wellbeing. I believe each one of us has the right to happiness. Each one of us also has the ability to heal even the deepest of wounds and then transform ourselves beyond what we were.

Choosing the right therapist for you is a personal decision. My style is profoundly built on the therapeutic alliance, rapport building approach, and engaging and working with my clients exactly where they are at. I employ several techniques and methods that help my clients gain insight, a better understanding of things, develop a deeper acceptance of self, and creating an overall healing experience in a supportive setting.

Therapeutically, I use an integrative approach geared towards understanding self, specifically what drives one's thoughts and behaviors. I have been trained as a Clinical Psychologist, and I help identify automatic thoughts that lead to specific ideas and feelings, as well as understanding how our thoughts and behaviors are fueled by former messages that have been consistently reinforced. At the end of the day, my practice is shaped by uncovering a deeper understanding of self, discovering how our environment has constructed us, and determining what road we can choose in order to reconnect with self, others, and life.