Therapists in Kansas

At Upper Limits Mental Health Therapy, I use a dynamic approach to positive psychology for living your best life. In therapy, for a client to improve, it’s important that the therapist and client connect. Communication is at the core of this partnership and is integral in positively producing results and successful treatment outcomes. My practice prioritizes healthy connections with clients and I pride myself on breaking communication barriers with a diverse range of clientele. My experience and background support identifying and relating to a myriad of challenges and obstacles that many people - including myself - have faced.

Our lives are so complex and layered. Our relationships are too. We all learn ways of being and patterns of relationship that we're required to outgrow as adults. That type of growth is quite difficult. If you're anything like most of my clients and I, you've tried a lot of different ways of intervening in your problems before seeking therapy. It's hard to accept when we really do need some help from the outside. And yet it's when we are heard and gain insight that we're able to make the changes we're looking for. I'd be glad to listen, share some insights and support your growth.

I believe that we are all in the process of becoming. But at times, we all get stuck or lost along the way. In those stuck points, it can feel disheartening and the idea of getting out becomes daunting. I will journey with you through these points and help you rediscover your trajectory. Sometimes rediscovering that becoming looks like reigniting what used to give us life and sometimes it looks like finding new ways of being that help us to feel rooted and whole.

Sometimes life brings difficulties we never imagined we would have to deal with. These are situations, circumstances and events like parenting a difficult child, experiencing anxiety or depression, and problems at school, work, or home that we just don't feel equipped to deal with. Many of us expect ourselves to be able to resolve these difficulties and when we can't we feel defeated. Worry, distress, and apathy have run their course and now it's time to get help. I am sensitive to your situation and can help you find relief.

I have experience with clients across the entire age spectrum and with a wide variety of presenting concerns. My strongest background is with children, adolescents, and young adults. I have worked most with mood disorders (depression & anxiety), ADHD & impulse-control concerns (mostly in children), grief & loss, and chronic pain.

"I work with each client to develop a treatment approach that meets their goals and individual requirements. I believe that people are more than a diagnosis or static label and my work places an emphasis on the person with a challenge rather than simply focus on the challenge alone. The therapeutic process is more than helping a person to develop positive thinking or an optimistic attitude, but involves helping the person gain an understanding of how they can approach the world to obtain the greatest satisfaction from their relationships, their work and their life in general."

I am a survivor of severe depression and anxiety and a highly sensitive person, both of which provide me with an ability to practice empathy as well as laugh and cry with clients in therapy.  I work with individuals who are ready to engage all parts of their stories (past, present and future) to move beyond their trauma, addictions, anxiety and depression in order to live lives of fullness and abundance. I draw on my experience raising four young children and being a husband of 10+ years to help others navigate their relationships. 

I received my Bachelors in Psychology from Friends University and my advanced degree as a Master in Social Work from WSU. For more than 20 years, I have worked with people to help them better their lives. My experience includes diverse populations in various community settings including corrections, adolescence, private practice, both inpatient and outpatient substance use treatment, inpatient psychiatric, and outpatient mental health.