UMR Therapists in Dayton, OH

Since each of our clients is unique, we do not take a cookie-cutter approach to counseling. Our clinicians will propose a care plan after an appropriate assessment. This care plan will be based on the client’s reasons for seeking help while incorporating their personal goals and strengths.

Psychotherapy is a healing process. I believe in creating a supportive, empathic environment to allow you to begin your journey. I can help foster insight, knowledge and skills to help improve your quality of life. The process of change begins from within. I can help you progress through your stages of change by teaching you skills, providing support and motivation to help you reach your goals and maintain these changes. I strongly believe in the self and one's inner ability to restore any imbalance to help live a more meaningful and purposeful life.

Are you a woman or teen looking to improve your overall well-being, self growth and self awareness? I am a clinician that practices primarily from a holistic perspective. This perspective views each person as a whole, focusing on the mind and body; and not just a person's symptoms. I like to help clients explore deeper into the complex nature of their problems and help them to recondition negative patterns and thought processes. I want clients to feel empowered and build trust in themselves. I also enjoy incorporating mindfulness, art, and alternative approaches in my practice for clients who don't prefer using traditional methods.

Maya Angelou said, "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." Our youth and young adults today are faced with unique challenges their families and loved ones could not have prepared for. Do you or your teen struggle to cope with the events happening in their life? I offer support, tools, and guidance for kids and families that are having difficulty navigating this challenging time. A healthy future can be possible. I also offer EMDR to help with trauma experienced by clients.

Wounds, whether they are physical, emotional, mental or spiritual, inflicted in the early stages of life can live on and be present in the daily moment to moment life experience. Children and adults alike can have difficulty moving on and developing optimally in life after experiencing traumatic events. I would like to help those who have experienced intentional or unintentional pain or abuse heal and recover from those memories.

I believe that mental health issues arise when we are faced with overwhelming emotions in isolation. Without the necessary support, emotions get so big and daunting that we defend ourselves against them, leading to numbness, anxiety, and depression. My goal is to invite intense emotions into the room so that we can learn to regulate them together and they can be reincorporated into the psyche, leading to a fuller and healthier life.

My areas of expertise are health and wellness. I treat people and families, not illness or disorders. I utilize a convergent multidisciplinary approach to assessment and treatment that focuses on people's inherent strengths to help them achieve their goals. My approach is a prevention-based model driven by the needs of the people for whom we work. I incorporate a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional approaches to health and wellness, striving to make each person's experience with us unique, functional, and meaningful.

During this especially difficult time, I embrace the opportunity to partner with individuals facing challenges on their journey. Through empowering clients as they directly face life's challenges they are able to explore solutions, find balance and experience harmony as they heal and establish a deeper, healthier, connection with their loved ones. My goal is to educate, support and inspire you to unwrap the issues that bind you to your current suffering and help you develop skills, insights and action plans to keep you moving in the direction of your highest intention.

I am a Social Worker with over ten years of experience. I graduated from Ohio University with a Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work focused on rural populations. My experience includes working in a hospital setting with acute and chronic illness and behavior health/ psychotherapy in the community and residential care.

I most often work with an individual adult or teen who wants healing and growth: healing from trauma and pain, growth in relationships with others and within self. Most clients have a desire for more connection, truthfulness about themselves and their world, peace, and spiritual life. I also enjoy working with couples and families toward better communication and relational health.

I feel it is important to offer expert quality care that is compassionate, and tailored to each person's uniqueness as an individual. I have 33 years of clinical experience working with children, teens, families, and adults facing various life challenges. Time passes quickly. We often spend our days unhappy, and stressed. Sometimes it can be difficult to see beyond the hardships, and realize what matters most to us. If you can't change a situation, change your perspective.

I work with a variety of clients, all having one thing in common: They are unhappy with the direction their life has taken and seek insight so that their lives can change. Whether they are wanting to process a life event and only want to come one or two sessions, or whether they want to make a long-term connection with a counselor, I tailor my therapy to my clients' needs. My approach is interactive, engaging my clients in conversations that help them process past or present events, so that they can find their own path to healing.

I'm a therapist who believes that therapy should feel authentic and help people to change their life based on their own experience. I want to learn about you. I will be the trusted voice that will challenge you to grow, and also to remind you to be gentle with yourself. I work best with people living with depression, anxiety, anger, trauma, and abuse. I have an interest in helping people who experience chronic trauma and PTSD, as well as those who identify as adult children of alcoholics and dysfunctional homes (ACA/ACOA).

My goal is to learn about my patients by actively listening and supporting an open and safe dialogue. I approach every patient as a distinct individual - acknowledging that the twists and turns of life can leave a distinct imprint on each of us that affects our personalities, beliefs, and strengths. I position myself as a confidante and ally and work with my patients at whatever pace is most comfortable for them, with the intent to help my patient achieve emotional health and wellness.

Life has changed for an uncertain period of time. Finding a safe space to really be heard, so we can process, heal and grow is helpful during this difficult time. Feeling isolated, depressed, anxious or unable to face daily challenges is normal, but finding ways to handle the stress or difficult feelings when they become overwhelming can make life easier and bring about more success and happiness in your. Sometimes it's stress within a relationship (family, dating, marriage, parenting) that can really throw us off our game. Sometimes work is overwhelming. Sometimes everything seems to get us down.

I offer online therapy sessions - Life is not always a smooth journey and sometimes it is necessary to seek the help of a professional. I am dedicated to providing clients with a safe, comfortable and nonjudgmental therapeutic intervention so that the important work of healing and change can go forth. I recognize that each person is unique and I provide a highly personalized approach tailored to each client's needs.

A very warm welcome to you! I am a licensed professional clinical counselor offering convenient teletherapy services in both Ohio and South Carolina and have over 20 years of experience in the mental health field. I am an open-minded and caring counselor who emphasizes a strength-based philosophy in my therapeutic work by encouraging you to identify and utilize your innate and unique strengths to help facilitate the healing and growth process. I have extensive experience working effectively with children, adolescents, adults, and elderly clients.

"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you" - Ralph Waldo Emerson. I know it may seem impossible right now to let go of your inner demons and overcome the trauma you have been through, but the first step is opening up and releasing these fears. I am hear to provide you a safe place and a listening ear while we work together to move forward and solve the problems you may be facing. As a woman, veteran, military spouse, working mother, daughter-in-law, sister, and friend I am here to help you.

I enjoy working with a variety of clients with many presenting problems. I work alongside my clients to help them meet their goals while motivating them to continue to grow in their therapeutic and personal journeys.