Can you imagine a life where you are at peace with your feelings, able to make good decisions, and in control of your behavior? What would it be like to no longer feel overwhelmed by stress or defeated by your emotions? When overwhelming emotions take hold, your work or relationships suffer and other areas of your life can deteriorate, keeping you from enjoying the life you know you could have. One of my goals as a therapist is to provide a meaningful connection and comfortable environment, whether you are considering making important changes or looking for support through difficult times.

If you are struggling to understand why you can't get out of the same exhausting loop of destructive thoughts, patterns, and behaviors, I'm here to be a guide along side you. Until we identify and understand our triggers, the symptoms of trauma, depression, anxiety, and addiction can make a severe impact on our daily life.

Therapy can oftentimes come with a stigma. However, I believe that pursuing therapy identifies an internal strength not yet discovered. If you are reaching out to find new ways of coping, releasing old patterns, mending relationships and/or lessening the heaviness of persistent anxiety/depression, you have clearly found that strength. Together we will use that strength, building trust and rapport to reveal underlying strengths that enhance self-esteem and boost your overall life satisfaction. I also believe in balancing challenging topics/goals with light-heartedness and humor to make the process more tolerable.

It's hard to be happy when your life is out of balance: You feel down or sad. The activities you used to enjoy are no longer fun. You have no energy. Everything stresses you out. You feel like crying. You want to crawl into a hole and pull the hole in with you. Maybe you're hurt and angry over a relationship. Maybe you're a teenager whose parents don't understand you or you're the parent of a kid who's making dangerous choices. Maybe you're a young adult who has discovered that "adulting" is a lot harder than you thought.

Sometimes a seemingly minor event from childhood, or at other times major traumatic events that happen at any age, can overwhelm and stress us. Either immediately after or years later we start to feel the effects of these events. We may feel depressed or angry, feel anxiety or panic for no apparent reason, have unexplained physical pain, or experience difficulty sleeping or nightmares. These may start to interfere with daily life, work, and relationships. If some or all these are your experience, you are certainly not alone.

A Soul-Centered therapy for women seeking something deeper, something more. Are you at the crossroads, not sure which path to take? Have you sunk into a black mood, stuck in a downward spiral? Do the things that once brought passion and joy seem empty now? Have you reached the top rung of the ladder and found it was against the wrong wall? A Depth therapy approach can be transformative and healing. I can help you navigate whatever issue is presenting itself to you now. I'll help you connect to and stay grounded in your authentic Self, discover/recover lost parts of yourself, and find passion and greater meaning in your life.

I can only imagine what it what it has taken to bring you to the point of seeking therapy. Entering therapy takes courage and I consider it a gift and an honor to help you on the journey to healing. I specialize in trauma recovery from a variety of difficult issues that life could have thrown at you and that I already believe strongly in your resilience and ability to recover, no matter what pain you have experienced. No matter what. I start by establishing a good foundation for trust, so that you are comfortable. I focus on healing at all levels, frequently starting with coping skills for some quick relief.

Caring. Understanding. Empathic. Encouraging. These are all qualities you will experience while working with me as we navigate your path towards self-exploration. Research shows that the relationship between the therapist and the client is a significant contributing factor in the success of therapy. This is why I make every effort to put my clients at ease starting from the moment you walk in the door at your first session. I want to create a collaborative relationship with you so that, together, we can take steps to improve the quality of your relationships, your family, your life.

My aim is to provide a safe and non-judgemental space for you to heal. I offer a range of interventions that are designed to help you reconnect with your body's innate capacity for healing, such as mindfulness/meditation, yoga, EMDR and somatic therapies. I have over 200 hours of training in meditation and mindfulness practices and I offer these invaluable tools to my clients as a part of their holistic treatment plan.

Welcome and thank you for looking at my profile. I am a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and have been working in the field for over 20 years. I work primarily with adults in individual, couples and family therapy. I am also a Certified Sex Therapist and work with individuals and couples struggling with sexual dysfunction. Clients have found my systemic training and orientation to be particularly effective for couples and family therapy or when working on relationship and family of origin issues in individual therapy.

My areas of focus include anxiety, past trauma, life transitions, and chronic pain. These issues can interfere with exciting times in your life, such as higher education, relationships, new employment or parenthood. You may find that these challenges have created hurdles in your life, keeping you from your goals. I will use an evidence based approach along with humor and creativity to help you meet your full potential.

At this time my practice is full; please check back in 2-3 months. I am a licensed psychotherapist specializing in adult individual therapy for women. I am passionate about empowering women, increasing resiliency, emotional strength, and enabling effective coping of life's challenges and relationships. Relationships of all kinds: partners, immediate, and extended family, friends, and work situations. When childhood trauma, especially emotional trauma meets healing relationships, corrective emotional experiences are powerful agents of change. I also specialize guiding women who have educational counseling background themselves.

I am passionate about being a source of strength, hope and empowerment to individuals, couples and families as they uncover their innate capacity to be the best they can be for themselves and their loved ones. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in Tucson, Arizona. I am a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, which uses a body-oriented approach for the healing of trauma and other stress disorders, founded by Dr. Peter Levine. Somatic Experiencing is about creating more choice - body, mind & spirit.

I work with a range of issues from substance abuse, stress, depression, couples issues, trauma and abuse, parent guidance issues and more. I have been in private practice for more than 25 years, working both short term and long term with a variety of clients. Therapy is not lightly undertaken. My job is to help you with the problems you bring to the table, and help you discover the answers that are hiding within you. I work in a warm client-centered, interactional style, and actively verbally engage in the process with you. I blend traditional techniques with modern.

Are you feeling angry, frustrated or hopeless about things happening in your relationship, or just tired of feeling "stuck"? Have you or your partner had an affair and need help rebuilding trust? Are you having difficulty adjusting to the military lifestyle or a recent deployment? Do you have low sexual desire and not sure how to improve it? I can assist you in all of these areas to create the relationships that you desire.

I am passionate about building trusting relationships with my clients and creating a safe environment from which to facilitate change and coping. My special interests include working with children, adolescents, and young adults coping with trauma, grief, and loss. I enjoy getting to know my clients as individuals and helping them to come up with a personalized plan to address their unique issues utilizing personal strengths. I am available to provide services either in my office in Tucson or via a secure online video platform to anyone in Arizona.

I believe that changing perspective and maintaining a healthy sense of self can be possible with proper support. I bring a strong passion, positive attitude, and personal understanding into sessions. I am unique in my approach to working with clients as I view the whole person in their environment. I have a strong background in treating those with eating and substance use disorders as well as depression and anxiety across a variety of clinical settings. Whether you are struggling with a life challenging illness or want to better navigate everyday stressors- I can help. I am happy to announce I am taking new CBT for insomnia clients.

Life changed. Something happened and the way you saw the world was turned on its head. You’re anxious, depressed, irritable, you can’t sleep, you don’t trust anyone, and you feel yourself slipping away. Where you once felt safe, now you look over your shoulder. There is always a worst-case scenario in your head, and whatever happens, you never feel prepared. Stress is harder to deal with than ever now. It’s hard to get close to others. You don’t know who to trust. You feel yourself putting up walls but don’t know to stop. You’re trying to make changes- to not blow up every time something small happens.