Therapists in Chandler, AZ

At Better Days Behavioral Health, we want to help you grow and connect in your family, personal and work life. We have a team of professionals that have a strong knowledge base to address and support anxiety, depression, mood disorders, anger, trauma and other struggles. Our clinicians are trained in multiple modalities such as DBT, CBT, EMDR, Sand Tray, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. We work with our clients to assess their individual needs and create a specialized treatment plan to address each fully. We provide services in a compassionate and responsive manner to address the mental health needs of our clients.

Accepting New Clients - I am a Licensed Professional Counselor, passionate about helping my clients achieve fulfillment in their daily lives. I am a Level 3 Gottman Method Couples Therapist, which enables me to provide tools for helping couples communicate effectively and transform their relationship. I also maintain an advanced certification as a Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider. This certification allows me to utilize a more holistic approach to treating from an integrative perspective. I am able to help clients achieve optimal mental and physical health and wellness while using a mind-body approach to healing.

A highly skilled, compassionate, empathetic, and solution focused professional dedicated to providing exceptional care and effective treatment to individuals experiencing mental health problems and trauma related conditions. My therapy is an integration of approaches including psychodynamic, interpersonal process, mindfulness, dialectical behavioral therapy, and cognitive behavioral. I have extensive experience working with individuals suffering from PTSD and trauma, depression, anxiety, stress, personality disorders, parenting issues, self-esteem issues, life transitions, relationship issues, and adjustment, and sexual orientation issues. I provide a calm, safe, and supportive environment to help people heal, and cope with stressful situations in life.

I understand how difficult the decision to begin counseling can be. I want to ease your mind. My clients comment that my listening skills, personable approach and patient understanding have assisted them in achieving their counseling goals and objectives. I have nearly three decades of counseling experience in the state of Arizona, with primary focus on relationships, problems with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, stress reduction, tobacco cessation, new parent and pregnancy/post partum support. It's easy to get in touch with me. Visit my website to set your first appointment online.

I know first hand how hard it can be to reach out for help, when the world tells us the goal is to "have it all together." Therapy can be uncomfortable and difficult, but that is how change happens. I like to make the process of change less challenging for people by making therapy about making a connection with someone, and providing a safe, supportive environment. Healing is a chance to look at the story we are living in and rewrite the parts that don't fit anymore. Our lives are busy and chaotic and somewhere in all of that, we need to find time to build better versions of ourselves and healthy relationships with others.

Even though our culture has developed the attitude that "happiness" should be our default state, life is often hard. We all face difficult transitions, experience scary situations, and often feel at the mercy of forces beyond our control. We easily can have trouble dealing with change as well as emotions like shame, guilt, anxiety, fear, anger, and grief. Faith crises and transitions are especially difficult because religion give us our identity and sense of what it means to be human, our community, our relationship to power and authority, how we can and cannot use our bodies—the very nature of reality.

My passion is helping couples and families improve their relationships. Utilizing Emotionally Focused Therapy couples can mend broken relationships so love, connection, and safety can be restored. My goal is to create space to help you change unhealthy patterns, enhance communication, and build a close​, trusting, and healthy relationship. When working with individuals I use a holistic approach, choosing models that are best suited for their situation including Christian counseling when requested. Being accepting and authentic helps me create a supportive environment this especially important when working with families.

Welcome! I provide counseling in a unique setting with amazing animal/equine therapy partners! I have more than 28 years of experience working in a variety of behavioral health settings including a tribal community. I truly enjoy enhancing my clinical practice with incorporating horses in treatment. I am certified in Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA) and I am eager to share this equine-assisted counseling experience with our communities. I am dedicated to being a caring, multi cultural, accepting and exceptional counselor for all individuals.

Perception is reality and even a tiny shift in our perception can change our entire outlook on life. I have extensive knowledge in addiction, recovery, codependence, love addiction, PTSD, depression and anxiety. I have also designed and implemented group therapy based on John Gottman's Sound Relationship House and Brene Brown's Daring Way. If you are struggling with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, or relationship issues, I can help you regain control in your life. I offer individual, couple's, and family therapy. Call today for a free 15 minute phone consultation!!