I am a psychologist who specializes in helping people achieve their own definition of a healthier life in a supportive environment. At some point, many people feel sad, anxious, or stuck on their paths in life. My role as a therapist is to partner in helping you remove the roadblocks in your path and continue on your journey to experience a fuller sense of life. Individual, couples, and/or family therapy can help identify ways of improving your relationships, emotional health, and other areas of you life.

Are you tired of traditional counseling and hashing out problems - but want a better marriage? Do you want a loving bond built on trust, kindness and connection? I can help you transform your relationship. I provide a dynamic 6 week Mindful Marriage Program. I teach couples to nurture love and focus on their strengths, not their problems. I offer a safe on-line space where couples learn to be more authentic with each other. You learn to nurture joy and gratitude so you both feel loved and understood. I provide weekly action steps to bring you closer together. I have 25 years experience as a therapist and would love to help you.

Grief and heartbreak are part of life, but right now, you might be feeling like it's all too much to bear. You don't have to figure it all out on your own. I can help. Perhaps you or someone close to you is coping with a terminal illness or you're struggling after a loved one's death. Maybe you are experiencing another heartbreak, perhaps caused by a relationship or a trauma. Or, you might find that the daily routine and the relentless "shoulds" have you living in a constant state of doubt and anxiety.

My overall objective is to provide a safe, nurturing environment for individuals, couples and families to address personal challenges. For those engaging in the therapeutic process, the journey requires courage and commitment to personal growth. My professional experience prepares for me to work in a culturally competent framework with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds and life experiences. For individuals concerned with spiritual growth, I provide a Christian framework for assessing personal development. My expertise enables me to work effectively with all ages from early childhood through adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood and the elderly season.

Ideal clients are individuals who may struggle to cope with stress, anxiety, depression, relationships, or life in general, feel stuck in recurrent problematic behavioral or relationship patterns, and want to improve their life and feel at peace. We all have an innate ability to grow and heal. My primary job as a therapist is to help clients tap into that healing process and reconnect with and strengthen their natural resources, talents, and spirit so that they can become the person they want and were created to be.

I seek to be open and inclusive with each client. I want each person to feel welcomed understood. I am trained in in-depth psychotherapy and enjoy exploring the deeper roots of presenting problems with a goal of practical application of insight. I am a licensed Clinical Pastoral Therapist & clinical supervisor with over 20 years of counseling experience. I particularly like working with couples in crisis. I have experience with clergy and clergy families, spiritual issues & issues of faith, Addiction Recovery, Anxiety, Depression, Grief & loss, Dilemmas in parenting, Premarital counseling, Relationship issues, Self-image issues, Sexual problems, Stress & Trauma among other presenting issues.

Personal transformation is the process of understanding where you are, where you want to be and a plan for how to overcome the obstacles preventing you from living your best life. Change doesn't have to take a long time and cost lots of money. Rapid Transformation happens when your internal attitudes align with your external actions. Before becoming the person you want to be, you must first practice being the person you want to become.

Issues in your life are leaving you feeling disconnected from yourself – your dreams, deepest values, and maybe your own body; disconnected from a deep down sense of security – the “ground of being,” or “God,” or “the all," or disconnected from others such as spouse, lover, family, and friends. It is not uncommon for people to come to therapy and say, “I just feel lost.” You may wonder where the meaning is in all of this. Life is confusing. Sometimes you doubt life, and you are forever doubting yourself. You're exhausted! Showing up is the first step in finding yourself.

No one is exempt from hardship, struggle, stress or difficulty. In this life we all experience situations and circumstances that are at times beyond our control. I wholeheartedly believe that we are all born with the ability to heal ourselves but that at times we could use a helping hand. Everyone needs a safe supportive space that will allow them to reconnect with themselves. Everyone needs a place that nurtures a sense of emotional well-being and that will allow them to more openly explore pain, release blocks and heal wounds. Nashville Emotional Wellness (NEW) Counseling is this place.

Are you high achieving and successful, but struggle with an inner voice that tells you that you'll never be good enough? You may work extra hard to combat this critical inner voice with overworking. Yet you're left feeling empty and insignificant at the end of the day. The adolescents and adults that I see often struggle with managing difficult emotions, anxiety, depression, and/or challenging behaviors. They have often experienced painful things in the past that they have buried. Often my clients struggle to pinpoint a specific event from their past that has impacted them.

I treat adolescents and adults aged 16+ with a focus on Women and Adolescent girls. My areas of treatment include: Issues around Self-Esteem, Trauma, PTSD, Depressive Disorders, Anxiety Issues, Shyness, Phobias, Grief and Loss, and Interpersonal Issues. I like to work with men and women who want to better identify patterns and increase happiness and healthy relationships. My treatment philosophy incorporates an egalitarian, collaborative approach; with the core belief that clients are the experts on themselves.

Do you feel confused about which career will fit you best? Do you feel overwhelmed trying to select the best career for you? Are you anxious about making a mistake that will cost you years of dissatisfaction? Are you struggling in a relationship and want solutions? These are common anxieties that I address in my counseling and coaching practice.

If you feel you are standing in the way of your own progress in life, or find you are repeating patterns that are not effective, despite your efforts to change, I may be able to help. I offer a setting in which to discover your unique set of concerns and I try to help you to discover a plan that works best for you.

You are likely angry, numb, depressed, afraid, or simply not sure what is going on with you. I am open, sensitive, and calming while I work to meet you where you are. I provide a safe and non-judgmental environment for you to be yourself and to explore more of who you are. I am eclectic in my approach. My go-to model is one that teaches you how to provide healing to yourself through its meditative qualities. This therapy model is called IFS (Internal Family Systems).

I help people figure out how to stop stepping into the same negative cycles. I see individuals, couples, and families needing crisis support to repair broken connections, rebuild trust, and gain tools for improving communication.. Specifically, I work with people who are experiencing life transitions, experiencing loss or grieving, struggling with anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship wounds.

Do you want to know yourself better? Are you ready to heal, find fulfillment, safely connect with others, and/or cope with life’s challenges? If so, you're in the right place. I specialize in trauma, adult attachment, anxiety, stress and relationships. I understand that no one knows how to handle all that life can throw at us, and we are not expected to. Therapy is all about understanding yourself better and learning how to make life (including your past and present) easier to cope with.

NOW OFFERING INDIVIDUAL & GROUP TELETHERAPY DUE TO COVID-19. Often times what we desire the most are also the things that trigger great fear in us. Sharing our vulnerable stories can be scary but you are not alone. We all need an ear to hear us and a heart to understand us and that is why my approach to counseling is a team effort approach. We are in this together. This allows me to meet you directly where you are.

My overall objective is to provide a safe, supportive environment for clients where they can gain insight and when needed create change to move towards living a more authentic life. I work with clients on a wide range of issues including but not limited to mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, grief and loss and life transitions. I have experience working with adolescents and their families, individuals managing a diagnosis of a mood disorder or anxiety disorder, domestic violence survivors, seniors and their adult children and postpartum women.

Many people have tried traditional approaches to health care and they are now ready for alternatives. Whether you are exploring therapy for the first time or looking for a unique approach, I can provide you with some workable options to finding your own creative solution for problems like anxiety, depression and the pain we all face when loss occurs. Sessions are longer than most on offer elsewhere and are 1 hour and 15 minutes in length so that we have time to center and fully explore the material you bring.

Whether you are anxious, depressed, experiencing a major life transition, or struggling in a relationship, therapy can provide a wonderful opportunity to find meaning and relief from life's stressors. Together, we will work on uncovering the barriers holding you back, help you develop new ways of relating to yourself and others, and find greater peace in your day-to-day life. The goal is to turn down the noise that distracts you and makes you feel stuck so that you can focus on what’s meaningful and fulfilling in your life.