Therapists in Durham, NC

As a potential client, know that your courage to face personal vulnerabilities and uncertainties is acknowledged from the start. To realize and understand the efforts you've made already affords us early opportunities to consider possibilities in therapy. Your desired outcome is the goal. The process of sharing, reflecting, and adjusting any internal and relational patterns is our therapy means to this end. The clinical approaches perhaps most reflective in therapy are cognitive-behavioral, inter-personal and family systems, and acceptance/commitment. Interventions are based on your child/family, couple, and individual needs.

My goal is to provide a safe, therapeutic environment, where clients can share their innermost struggles and challenges without feeling judged or criticized. Therapy is an avenue to address the challenges in life that sometimes seem unmanageable. I believe that a strong therapeutic relationship, based on genuine acceptance and unconditional positive regard, can be the pathway for change to occur. I work with individuals, adults, and teens on a variety of issues and disorders including but not limited to depression, anxiety, parenting issues​, abuse, grief, trauma, low self-esteem, life cycle transitions, and substance abuse.

Kardia Counseling & Consulting began with the idea that the healing process is as much about what you feel and think as it is HOW you think about your feelings; the notion that healing, at its core is the repairing of our soul; to be done respectfully, compassionately and with conscious intention. The realignment of our innermost "being-ness" with that of our true nature could indeed recenter and heal us; that our deepest desires for internal peace, blissful coexistence with loved ones and even the contemplation of true happiness is within our reach.

As a Licensed Professional Counselor and a State Certified School Counselor with over 20 years of experience. I have established a holistic approach in counseling that cater to all ages. Although I am a mental health professional, I explore a divine approache that impacts an individual's faith and spirituality. I believe everyone has the ability to heal through appropriate techniques, personal development and modality of counseling. However, God is the only healing component that makes all things possible through spiritual manifestation. If you feel spiritual counseling is what you need, please allow me to assist with your growth and development toward your goal(s).

I practice with the belief that that therapy can be a rich and vital exploration into understanding the deepest parts of our selves: the parts we like and the parts we wish to change. We all have unconscious patterns that can get in the way of living the life we want. These patterns can manifest as anxiety, depression, phobias, physical illness or pain, addiction and even rage. These symptoms can affect relationships, work, self esteem, creativity and sexuality. Change is possible when these patterns can be expressed and understood in an open and accepting space.

I am a Fully Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with ten years of clinical expertise, and I have a strong sense of compassion and commitment to helping others. I am a highly-skilled counseling professional who can diagnose, treat, and help prevent mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. I have a wide range of experience working with children, teens, adults, couples, and families. I am a Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional, Board Certified Tele-Mental Health Provider, & Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist- Individual.

One of life's simple pleasures is the ability to enjoy yourself when you are in the company of others. If there is anything we all have in common, it's the burden of challenges, struggles and tough times. Fortunately, there are resources available to help meet these situations with confidence, certainty and assurance. My purpose is to help you navigate through periods of turbulence to a place of smooth sailing. In fact, the most powerful tool that you already have at your immediate disposal is Hope. Never under-estimate the power of Hope! It's what led you here