Therapists in Edmond, OK

I emphasize a practical, holistic approach to mental health and wellness. By assessing emotional, mental, physical, social, personal, and spiritual areas of health, my hope is simple: that I guide my clients to feel better, restore balance, improve relationships and enjoy a satisfying quality of life.

I believe that a very important part of therapy is the therapeutic relationship. My natural approach to therapy is to create a safe and non-judgmental environment by providing empathy and developing trust. We will work together toward self-awareness and finding balance to produce healing and meaningful change. I enjoy working with families to build stronger relationships through understanding and positive communication.

Need help with your marriage? Feeling depressed, anxious, or both? Are you or someone you love consumed by sexual addiction? Don't give up hope! Therapy can help! I treat adults dealing with marriage problems, anxiety and depression, and sexual addiction. Call today for a free consultation.

***NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS*** I enjoy working with adults, adolescents, and families in a safe, non-judgmental environment to support them in finding a path to success and happiness.

Taylor’s world has fallen apart around her and she is having to start over. Taylor found herself going back in forth between wanting to fight to wanting to sleep her life away. Taylor lived in a constant state of feeling overwhelmed and on alert. Her worries and her nightmares prevented her from getting any solid sleep. Taylor found herself extremely anxious for no obvious reasons. Her struggles encouraged her to self-medicate with substances. The substances helped Taylor “numb” so she did not have to feel. Taylor decided to reach out and found a renewed hope and future thru counseling.

“I hate feeling this way. It didn’t used to be like this. I feel stuck. Being an adult is too difficult.” Dealing with changing jobs, going to college, moving to a new place, gaining a new or losing a beloved family member, starting or ending a relationship, all of these things are difficult. Life is pain and pain is inevitable, and it's normal to feel overwhelmed, to feel worried and scared. It’s normal to be afraid to try and sort life out by yourself, trying to find the peace that all of us desperately crave. It all feels challenging and hopeless, but I can walk that path with you.

Creating meaning and finding clarity in life – especially during times of emotional distress – can lead to greater knowledge and understanding of self. Insight through the counseling process and the therapeutic relationship oftentimes reveals relational patterns that have been established throughout the lifetime. This awareness can lead to deepened relationships that nurture our deepest desires for connection and intimacy.

Do any of these symptoms sound familiar? • Frequent irritability • High levels of stress and/or anxiety • Inability to break bad habits • Lack of fulfillment in your social life • Persistent feeling of dissatisfaction at work • Difficulty concentrating, • Mood disturbance Do you feel like you may have ADHD inattentive or impulsive?

Life is a book in which we intend to write one story, but are inevitably forced to write another. I help couples and individuals through the difficult chapters. Has the love story you dreamed of writing grown stagnant or been rocked by betrayal? I’ll help restore intimacy, reignite passion, rebuild trust, and rediscover the joy of love. Facing a chapter characterized by debilitating depression, crippling anxiety, a cloud of grief, or the ghost of past trauma? Find refuge, relief, and healing here. A difficult chapter doesn’t mean your story is ruined. We'll get through the painful pages and begin writing a new and better chapter.

Whatever the challenge - work stress, social anxiety, confusing sexual thoughts - a common facet of most presenting concerns is emotional paralysis. As a clinical psychologist for more than twenty-five years, I have become skilled at helping people find clarity to move forward in life. I explore with clients their history and current life circumstances to understand the roots of problems. My specialized training allows me to collaborate with clients as we seek to understand and change self-defeating thoughts, as well as troubling thoughts and behaviors.

I help people rebound from difficult situations and reclaim purpose, meaning and pleasure in their life. I help them resolve their inner conflicts so that they may gain psychological freedom and enjoy all of what life has to offer them. Resolving inner conflicts removes barriers to relationships that form the basis for a coherent personal identity, relationship intimacy, and success in business and personal life. By using what happens in the therapy relationship, we can encounter, examine, and master the unconscious fears and beliefs that produce the debilitating problems which profoundly affect our lives, and thwart our goals.

Most everyone experiences trauma during their lifetime. Trauma can include death/illness of a loved one, physical, sexual or emotional abuse, domestic violence, bullying, divorce and/or other devastating events. Now, with COVID 19, our world is enduring primary, secondary and even tertiary trauma. If left unresolved, trauma can manifest into depression, anxiety, anger, difficulty in social relationships, obsessions, compulsions and difficulty focusing at school or work. I have the skills to help process through these issues; both individually and within the family. I enjoy supporting others as they discover their own resiliency.

I believe that for counseling to be effective, both you and I must be actively involved in the goal setting and assessment process. This process will require in and out of session work for both of us. At times these changes in self perception, insight, and behavior may feel uncomfortable for you but, with practice, will become more routine. There are potential risks as well as benefits when beginning therapy but you must weigh the tremendous benefit against those risks.

Are you experiencing disconnection in your relationship(s) that is leaving you feeling stuck and unsure about the future? Are you struggling with emotional connection, physical intimacy, or both? I believe everyone can change the course of their story in the present moment and ultimately change how their story unfolds. We can work together to identify relational patterns that are contributing to the disconnection you are experiencing, address and heal past relational and/or sexual traumas, and work toward increasing your capacity for intimacy, trust, and relational and sexual satisfaction. Together we can change your story.

I have a passion to help people overcome trials of life, go in the direction of grace and acceptance, and come to terms with their shortcomings without feeling condemnation. My aim is to help people learn how to be hospitable rather than exist in a state of hostility or loneliness. While we cannot change difficult situations of our past, we can work together to better understand and resolve the resulting challenges in our life. We all share a common need to express emotions and learn new ways to cope effectively.

There are many things that can contribute to the stressors of life. Our mental health and overall sense of well-being are incredibly important to how we deal with this stress. For some people there are very clear mental health issues such as symptoms of anxiety, depression, or other mood issues that have caused problems for them. For other people there may not be identifiable mental health issues, rather a general sense that something in life is not going right, or something needs to change.

For over twenty-five years I have worked with children, adolescents, and families to facilitate educational and therapeutic change to increase resiliency and provide an opportunity for a more hopeful future through the use of a client centered trusting relationship and evidence-based therapies and practices. My Philosophy of care is based on a desire to seek to understand each person seeking help. I practice from a Biblical lense & CBT framework, based in theology and psychology. Clients learn to manage their thoughts, look at pros and cons to thinking, challenge their thinking, and therefore make more beneficial choices.

CURRENTLY NOT ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS. Do you feel stuck or like things are falling apart? If you, or someone in your family is experiencing this, I would like to help. Working together with a client to rebuild their life to become something much more worthwhile is my primary goal. Children, teens, adults, and families can all benefit from Art Therapy for issues such as: divorce, grief and loss, depression, anxiety, behavior issues, abuse/neglect, trauma, and others. Let's work together to find solutions to whatever problems you, or your family, are experiencing.

I am passionate about working with couples whose relationships may be in crisis (broken trust; conflicted; disconnected) as well as stable marriages wanting deeper connection and relational intimacy. I help them see themselves and each other through a lens that includes the issues each person brought with them to the relationship, including ways their hearts and minds were impacted by relationships and situations experienced during their formative years. The therapeutic approach I use helps build understanding and empathy that constructively leads to changes in behavioral patterns and relationship dynamics. The goal - mutual satisfaction and freedom to love one another well.

My mission is to walk alongside individuals, couples, families, adults, and adolescents during any of the challenges life is throwing at them, not matter how big or small, while honoring foundational Christian truths of scripture. My goal for each person who walks through our doors is to experience the compassionate care available in an environment that promotes safety and healing. Together, we will work to increase personal insight and motivation to change those things that are harmful, whether it be in negative relationships, feelings of hopelessness, or addictive behaviors.