EMDR Therapists in Houma, LA

Welcome to my profile! I specialize in helping adults and adolescents transform their lives from ‘survive’ to THRIVE! Whether you feel stuck, discouraged or unsatisfied, it’s easy to get caught in survival mode. You may even wonder if you’ll ever feel joy again, which can leave you feeling hopeless and helpless. Perhaps it’s depression, anxiety, self-esteem, or relationship challenges holding you back. Finding the right therapist can seem scary because you want to make sure you choose someone who you truly connect with.

I often hear that people think that therapy is telling a complete stranger their life story while that stranger just smiles and nods, a type of one-sided relationship. While I will be a stranger to you at first, I'm also a real person. I'm someone who wants to connect with you while helping you navigate the story of your life. Making the initial call to seek therapy can be scary at first, but therapy doesn't have to be feared or difficult. I want to help you enjoy the process of identifying your goals and seeking to create the life you want to live. This process will be unique to you because therapy with me isn't one size fits all.

You have made the first step! Life can have many challenges that often leave us feeling lost, hopeless, and doubting ourselves. I commend you for taking the initiative to seek help as that already demonstrates a willingness, strength, and desire to make changes. I've worked in many settings with individuals and families from varied backgrounds who were struggling with a variety of challenges such as depression, anxiety, stress, family problems, trauma, abuse, relationship difficulties and more. I have assisted clients involving career paths, parenting, self-esteem, coping skills, life-transitions, and every day issues.

I see children, teens and adults in my practice and host various self-awareness and improvement workshops throughout the year. In session, we deal with issues as serious as anxiety, depression, mental illness, addiction, and PTSD and as common as everyday stress and relationship issues. I was born and raised in South Louisiana and feel that I understand our unique cultural prospective on life and how to live it in the healthiest way. In addition, as a trained professional in Diversity Inclusion Equity and Belonging, I welcome individuals from all cultures, gender identity, sexual orientation, and faiths.

I work with a variety of problems including anxiety, panic, post-trauma, depression, phobias, fears, anger, and troubling behaviors. Also, I provide relationship therapy such as marital, family or significant-other, including work/employment relationships. I enjoy working with all ages from 12 through all stages of adulthood. My focus is always to help my client become more content with the way they think, feel, act or react to people and events in their lives so that things work easier for them. Especially during this COVID-19 spread please consider Telebehavioral health using my secure online platform for counseling.

How has motherhood changed you? From conception to postpartum and even loss, it is a challenging experience that many of us struggle to navigate. We often feel we're not doing it right or establishing faulty expectations based on unrealistic beliefs. Experiencing pregnancy can be a joyful time while for many it can be a completely distressing experience. We tend to experience a disconnect following birth causing us to feel bouts of sadness, worrisome thoughts, panic attacks, irritability and shame, and even suffer with intrusive thoughts. It is important that you know these feelings, thoughts, concerns are normal and treatable.

Currently I'm providing services for individuals who are experiencing difficulties with: anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, PTSD, anger management, relationship issues, couples/marriage/family concerns, life transitions, legal issues (fulfilling requirements to satisfy court orders), substance abuse, and parenting.

Recovery starts with hope. We can start you on your way. Whether it's manifested within one of our patients, motivated by their loved one or cultivated through time in one of our residential treatment programs, hope is the first step to manifesting a healthy, clean and sober life. Lake Wellness Center facilitates hope and instills the tools within an addict to learn, grow, heal and transform his or her life without the crutch of substances or compulsive behavior. Our evidence-based treatment has helped others, and it will help you too.