Therapists in Pleasant Grove, UT

I am passionate about helping my clients find growth, health, strength, and happiness in relationships, and in life. I enjoy working with individuals, couples, and families who are dealing with anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, identity, perfectionism, relationship issues, addiction recovery, and LGBT issues. I was born and raised in Utah Valley and I earned my master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Loma Linda University in California.

Life can be difficult. Many challenges face us and we can all use a little guidance or just an empathetic listening ear at times. At Innsaei, you will discover ways to calm the waves of your inner world, so you can live a whole and peaceful life. We offer many options for you to work in creative and effective ways, all personally customized to you and your needs, helping you gain insight, skills, and processes so you can navigate through the challenges encountered along life's journey.

Relationships are one of the most important things in life. Whether that be with a partner, spouse, parent, child or other family member. We understand that strengthening and maintaining those relationships is at the top or your list. It’s at the top of our list too! Change is possible if you have a desire to learn and apply the skills and knowledge you will acquire through participating in therapy.

Therapy is a transformative experience for both the therapist and the client. I have transformed as I strive to embody compassion, empathy, and kindness working alongside clients who suffer through challenges of addiction, trauma, PTSD, depression, anxiety, OCD, relationship discord, betrayal, grief, and loss. I aim to provide a safe space for clients to explore their struggles and pain. I myself am no stranger to pain, health challenges, heartache, loneliness, grief, and loss. As a therapist, I have been privileged to help individuals, relationships, and families discover how they can show up more meaningfully in the world.

You might be here because you’re tired and you feel powerless. Your circumstances seem out of your control; maybe a partner has made choices that hurt you, a family member was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a child is exercising their new found agency. Whatever that circumstance is for you, you may experience helplessness, anxiety, fear, sadness, overwhelm, and other feelings that are causing you distress. I'm here to work with you. I work with teens, adults, couples and families.

Trauma and EMDR are my passions due to personal experiences with PTSD and the healing I’ve witnessed and experienced through EMDR. I have worked with individuals in a generalized practice experience including anxiety, depression, OCD, suicidality, childhood abuse, etc... Am gaining an increased skill level with those who have experienced PTSD, complex PTSD, Dissociative Disorders (general), & Dissociative Identity Disorder. Attachment Theory, Adaptive Information Processing Model, Polyvagal Theory and Systems Theory are the bases from which I work.

If you’re reading this, you’re probably experiencing a period of sadness, trial, loss, hopelessness, frustration, anger, relational struggles, feeling lost, or failure just to name a few. During these moments of turmoil, when we feel most vulnerable and isolated, asking for help may seem intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be. I am particularly passionate about helping people who are or have encountered trauma, grief and loss, depression, anxiety, faith transformations, and the intersection of sexual orientation and religious experiences.

I believe there is a purpose in everything that we do and in everything that happens to us. “As soon as we are able to find meaning in suffering, then the suffering is over.” A big part of my approach is helping you find peace in the midst of the suffering. A lot of the time we cannot change our surroundings or the world around us but we can find peace in ourselves and change within. Healing is a personal journey that can be extremely painful. My main focus is walking with you as you feel what you need to feel and to find meaning to help you move forward.

I have been working as a mental health therapist for 35 years. I specialize in substance abuse, sexual addiction, pornography addiction, partner betrayal, grief and loss, depression and anxiety, complex trauma, shame and sexual abuse/trauma. I am certified in EMDR, I am a certified sex and trauma therapist and certified in multiple addictions.