"I conduct psychological assessments primarily for children, adolescents, and young adults. I also offer behavioral and solution-focused therapy for young children with common behavioral challenges (e.g., noncompliance) and anxiety. Lastly, I provide evidence-based individual therapy for those experiencing symptoms of anxiety, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder."
"I conduct psychological assessments primarily for children, adolescents, and young adults. I also offer behavioral and solution-focused therapy for young children with common behavioral challenges (e.g., noncompliance) and anxiety. Lastly, I provide evidence-based individual therapy for those experiencing symptoms of anxiety, depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder."
"Are you feeling deep pain, but there's no one who really understands? Are your emotions so powerful that you are beginning to feel like they're in control? I understand that beginning therapy can be anxiety-provoking. My goal is to create a safe place for you to explore your emotions. My therapeutic style is nonjudgmental, dynamic, and caring. My aim is for you to feel understood and empowered each time you walk out my office door. Through working together, you can learn to be more understanding of yourself in order to live a fulfilling life."
"Are you feeling deep pain, but there's no one who really understands? Are your emotions so powerful that you are beginning to feel like they're in control? I understand that beginning therapy can be anxiety-provoking. My goal is to create a safe place for you to explore your emotions. My therapeutic style is nonjudgmental, dynamic, and caring. My aim is for you to feel understood and empowered each time you walk out my office door. Through working together, you can learn to be more understanding of yourself in order to live a fulfilling life."
"Change is possible! For 20 years I have been helping children, adolescents, and adults to successfully navigate life's challenges.I have been privileged to witness improved self-esteem, decreased anxiety,improved relaionships and increased hope again and again! I see our work together as a joint venture and feel privileged to support, encourage, participate and help navigate as needed. I offer brief treatment for specific challenges and longer-term treatment for more complicated and/or long-standing psychological problems. My approach to treatment is eclectic and and always individually tailored to the particular client or family."
"Change is possible! For 20 years I have been helping children, adolescents, and adults to successfully navigate life's challenges.I have been privileged to witness improved self-esteem, decreased anxiety,improved relaionships and increased hope again and again! I see our work together as a joint venture and feel privileged to support, encourage, participate and help navigate as needed. I offer brief treatment for specific challenges and longer-term treatment for more complicated and/or long-standing psychological problems. My approach to treatment is eclectic and and always individually tailored to the particular client or family."
"My ideal client is excited and motivated to learn new skills to address their emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal difficulties. I focus on teaching practical skills that clients can easily master through weekly practice. My goal is for my clients and their families to develop skills that will continue to help them long after the therapeutic relationship ends. I enjoy working with younger individuals (children through young adults) with a variety of concerns, including anxiety, OCD, depression, ADHD, behavioral issues, and eating or weight concerns. Individuals working through difficult transitions or life situations are also a good fit for me."
"My ideal client is excited and motivated to learn new skills to address their emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal difficulties. I focus on teaching practical skills that clients can easily master through weekly practice. My goal is for my clients and their families to develop skills that will continue to help them long after the therapeutic relationship ends. I enjoy working with younger individuals (children through young adults) with a variety of concerns, including anxiety, OCD, depression, ADHD, behavioral issues, and eating or weight concerns. Individuals working through difficult transitions or life situations are also a good fit for me."
""The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned." - Maya Angelou. We all experience pain, suffering and stagnation in our lives. And all of us have the potential for growth and repair. We have the power to make changes in the systems of our minds, bodies, homes, offices, social networks and natural environment. It is my hope to provide a safe space where together we can explore your world. I offer a warm, genuine, collaborative approach that individuals and families find comfortable."
""The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned." - Maya Angelou. We all experience pain, suffering and stagnation in our lives. And all of us have the potential for growth and repair. We have the power to make changes in the systems of our minds, bodies, homes, offices, social networks and natural environment. It is my hope to provide a safe space where together we can explore your world. I offer a warm, genuine, collaborative approach that individuals and families find comfortable."
"Life transitions are challenging whether it is navigating high school, adjusting to a child growing up, or realizing you are not where you expected at this point in life. My experience has been with people who have turned to alcohol, drugs, food, sex, or self-injury to cope with various life events. Others have shut down in the form of depression or paralyzing anxiety. Essentially the ways of handling life’s stressors are no longer effective, and in these moments we need help. I enjoy working with people who have a desire to learn how to better navigate their transition."
"Life transitions are challenging whether it is navigating high school, adjusting to a child growing up, or realizing you are not where you expected at this point in life. My experience has been with people who have turned to alcohol, drugs, food, sex, or self-injury to cope with various life events. Others have shut down in the form of depression or paralyzing anxiety. Essentially the ways of handling life’s stressors are no longer effective, and in these moments we need help. I enjoy working with people who have a desire to learn how to better navigate their transition."
"I do individual psychotherapy, psychological testing, including pre bariatric surgery evaluations, divorce mediation and personal life coaching. I am best suited to treating those who know what they want and are willing to change things that are not workiing for them. I use cognitive behavioal therapy and positive psychology."
"I do individual psychotherapy, psychological testing, including pre bariatric surgery evaluations, divorce mediation and personal life coaching. I am best suited to treating those who know what they want and are willing to change things that are not workiing for them. I use cognitive behavioal therapy and positive psychology."
"We are living in changing times. Our lives require a different set of needs than those of the generations before us. Seeking psychotherapy is not easy. Many individuals before their first session experience rejection, shaming, blaming, and hurt that can not be described in words. You deserve to experience care from some one who is worthy of hearing your story. You need a place where you do not have to defend your value, or be diminished. We are here to help."
"We are living in changing times. Our lives require a different set of needs than those of the generations before us. Seeking psychotherapy is not easy. Many individuals before their first session experience rejection, shaming, blaming, and hurt that can not be described in words. You deserve to experience care from some one who is worthy of hearing your story. You need a place where you do not have to defend your value, or be diminished. We are here to help."
"As a former attorney, I understand the role that a career can play on one's personal life. I made my own fundamental shift from law to psychology and realized that our relationship to work is as significant as our relationships to our spouses, family, and loved ones. My work begins with the individual and it takes a person-centered approach, with the goal that through this process you will discover the right job, position, or career that works for you."
"As a former attorney, I understand the role that a career can play on one's personal life. I made my own fundamental shift from law to psychology and realized that our relationship to work is as significant as our relationships to our spouses, family, and loved ones. My work begins with the individual and it takes a person-centered approach, with the goal that through this process you will discover the right job, position, or career that works for you."
"It takes courage to navigate this journey we call life. Courage to accept, to let go, to ask for help, to grow, courage to do whatever it is that keeps you from living the life you want to live. I work collaboratively with my clients to help them learn from experiences, increase their ability to cope with the demands of life, & ultimately to grow and live more courageously. My approach is culturally sensitive & integrative incorporating elements of multicultural, cognitive-behavioral, and interpersonal theory."
"It takes courage to navigate this journey we call life. Courage to accept, to let go, to ask for help, to grow, courage to do whatever it is that keeps you from living the life you want to live. I work collaboratively with my clients to help them learn from experiences, increase their ability to cope with the demands of life, & ultimately to grow and live more courageously. My approach is culturally sensitive & integrative incorporating elements of multicultural, cognitive-behavioral, and interpersonal theory."
"Hello and thank you for checking out my profile on Psychology Today! I am a psychotherapist in practice near Downtown Decatur. I work with a variety of adults including those who struggle with stress, "being stuck", depression, anxiety, codependency, and relationship struggles. I am an ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) therapist. What this means in a nutshell is that I help clients to learn and utilize mindfulness to help handle difficult thoughts and feelings more effectively so that they can live into fully being the person they want to be."
"Hello and thank you for checking out my profile on Psychology Today! I am a psychotherapist in practice near Downtown Decatur. I work with a variety of adults including those who struggle with stress, "being stuck", depression, anxiety, codependency, and relationship struggles. I am an ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) therapist. What this means in a nutshell is that I help clients to learn and utilize mindfulness to help handle difficult thoughts and feelings more effectively so that they can live into fully being the person they want to be."
"Our real journey in this life is interior; it is a matter of growth, deepening, and of an ever greater surrender to the creative action of love and grace in our hearts. Thomas Merton wrote this a half-century ago, but it is still appropriate today.
In our practice, we provide a safe, professional and holistic atmosphere, where people are supported in making profound changes and choices in their lives. I work collaboratively with both individuals and couples, using a plethora of techniques, including the Enneagram, dreams, myth, gestalt and EMDR."
"Our real journey in this life is interior; it is a matter of growth, deepening, and of an ever greater surrender to the creative action of love and grace in our hearts. Thomas Merton wrote this a half-century ago, but it is still appropriate today.
In our practice, we provide a safe, professional and holistic atmosphere, where people are supported in making profound changes and choices in their lives. I work collaboratively with both individuals and couples, using a plethora of techniques, including the Enneagram, dreams, myth, gestalt and EMDR."
"I am a licensed psychologist and enjoy both therapy and psychological testing. In therapy, I enjoy working with couples and families. In particular, I work with young couples and families who are navigating the start of a new family. My theoretical perspective is family systems and my style is direct, practical and normalizing. I also complete psychological evaluations on children, adolescents and adults. For children, I specialize in attachment stress in children who have been been adopted or otherwise are being raised by someone other than their biological parents. For adults, I specialize in general personality assessment and parenting capacity."
"I am a licensed psychologist and enjoy both therapy and psychological testing. In therapy, I enjoy working with couples and families. In particular, I work with young couples and families who are navigating the start of a new family. My theoretical perspective is family systems and my style is direct, practical and normalizing. I also complete psychological evaluations on children, adolescents and adults. For children, I specialize in attachment stress in children who have been been adopted or otherwise are being raised by someone other than their biological parents. For adults, I specialize in general personality assessment and parenting capacity."
"I believe that emotional or psychological healing begins within ourselves through powerful use of our voices to tell our own stories, in our own words and in our own time. I provide clients a safe, nurturing space to explore their greatest challenges. Through my empathic, integrative approach, my clients move toward greater self-understanding as to how to manage their lives. The client-therapist relationship is the most important aspect of therapy, so I focus on connecting with clients in a way that serves as a foundation for their ability to change."
"I believe that emotional or psychological healing begins within ourselves through powerful use of our voices to tell our own stories, in our own words and in our own time. I provide clients a safe, nurturing space to explore their greatest challenges. Through my empathic, integrative approach, my clients move toward greater self-understanding as to how to manage their lives. The client-therapist relationship is the most important aspect of therapy, so I focus on connecting with clients in a way that serves as a foundation for their ability to change."
"Feeling "stuck"? Are you read to stop surviving, and start thriving? Your struggles and challenges hold a great opportunity for growth and change. And that's why I'm here; to help you identify and change worn out patterns that no longer work. My clients find our work together helpful addressing their anxiety, grief, anger and resentment. I find Mindfulness and Hypnotherapy effective tools to assist clients in navigating through their "stuck" places."
"Feeling "stuck"? Are you read to stop surviving, and start thriving? Your struggles and challenges hold a great opportunity for growth and change. And that's why I'm here; to help you identify and change worn out patterns that no longer work. My clients find our work together helpful addressing their anxiety, grief, anger and resentment. I find Mindfulness and Hypnotherapy effective tools to assist clients in navigating through their "stuck" places."
""When is psychotherapy helpful?" You may be seeking help with a difficult relationship, a painful loss, anxiety, depression, or a sense of feeling "stuck" in some way. The goal of therapy is to increase your ability to face life's challenges with greater confidence, energy and creativity. Psychotherapy can help you develop a greater sense of your potential. My approach invites an engaging dialogue geared to your needs and goals. I believe that people are resilient, constantly learning and always growing. Psychotherapy can expedite this growth so you can live life more fully and with greater ease."
""When is psychotherapy helpful?" You may be seeking help with a difficult relationship, a painful loss, anxiety, depression, or a sense of feeling "stuck" in some way. The goal of therapy is to increase your ability to face life's challenges with greater confidence, energy and creativity. Psychotherapy can help you develop a greater sense of your potential. My approach invites an engaging dialogue geared to your needs and goals. I believe that people are resilient, constantly learning and always growing. Psychotherapy can expedite this growth so you can live life more fully and with greater ease."
"Old-Fashioned but New World Appropriate. You talk and I listen. You will change in the process. How is your brain today? Does it hurt? Is it focused and healthy? Do your emotions run the show? Can you slow down your thoughts and actions? Are your emotions in your body? My neuro-cognitive, Solution-Focused, Directive Therapy and Coaching supports your emotional and daily needs for personal growth. It is a dual service that gives you more options for change. Changes happen through self-awareness and mindfulness cultivation. Laughter and self-forgiveness lead to happy change."
"Old-Fashioned but New World Appropriate. You talk and I listen. You will change in the process. How is your brain today? Does it hurt? Is it focused and healthy? Do your emotions run the show? Can you slow down your thoughts and actions? Are your emotions in your body? My neuro-cognitive, Solution-Focused, Directive Therapy and Coaching supports your emotional and daily needs for personal growth. It is a dual service that gives you more options for change. Changes happen through self-awareness and mindfulness cultivation. Laughter and self-forgiveness lead to happy change."
"At times we all feel distressed or discouraged -- disconnected from ourselves, from others, or from the world around us. I provide an environment that will empower you to reconnect with your true self, enhance your coping skills, and move forward in a meaningful direction. As a certified Iyengar yoga instructor, I can help you integrate mind, body and spirit into the counseling process."
"At times we all feel distressed or discouraged -- disconnected from ourselves, from others, or from the world around us. I provide an environment that will empower you to reconnect with your true self, enhance your coping skills, and move forward in a meaningful direction. As a certified Iyengar yoga instructor, I can help you integrate mind, body and spirit into the counseling process."
"I'm sending you a warm hello! I invite you into a world of healing, by finding inner peace/balance within your life. Sometimes we feel stuck, or unheard. Sometimes people treat us so poorly, that we feel alone or misunderstood.. And sometimes we give ourselves the most criticism of all! I will always value your emotions and provide a safe space for you to express whatever is on your mind, or in your heart. To those who struggle with anxiety, depression, trauma, or any other barrier you may face, I honor you, I salute you, & I believe in you."
"I'm sending you a warm hello! I invite you into a world of healing, by finding inner peace/balance within your life. Sometimes we feel stuck, or unheard. Sometimes people treat us so poorly, that we feel alone or misunderstood.. And sometimes we give ourselves the most criticism of all! I will always value your emotions and provide a safe space for you to express whatever is on your mind, or in your heart. To those who struggle with anxiety, depression, trauma, or any other barrier you may face, I honor you, I salute you, & I believe in you."
"Managing the challenges of life takes skill that both children and adults have to learn. I enjoy helping people enhance their skills for overcoming problems in positive ways. My goal is to help people learn to manage their emotions and behaviors, help individuals break the cycle of abuse and violence, and help people foster healthy relationships. I provide compassion while helping people find their inner strength and resources for adjusting to the challenges of life."
"Managing the challenges of life takes skill that both children and adults have to learn. I enjoy helping people enhance their skills for overcoming problems in positive ways. My goal is to help people learn to manage their emotions and behaviors, help individuals break the cycle of abuse and violence, and help people foster healthy relationships. I provide compassion while helping people find their inner strength and resources for adjusting to the challenges of life."
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