About
My reason for being a counselor is to help people understand and heal from their past and/or current pain and to learn coping strategies to manage future pain. People and relationships can be complex and full of both positive and negative emotions, including some that are painful. The ability to feel them, learn from them, and express them to others allows us to live more engaged and meaningful lives. It is rewarding to be able to support people as they go through the process of self-exploration. I can be helpful for clients in the following areas: relationship building with family, friends, or partners / understanding and managing anxiety and depression symptoms / dealing with the emotions and stress of managing chronic medical issues / medication education / healing from traumatic experiences and developmental trauma. My approach to counseling and people is a bottom-up approach that looks at the humanity of the person. This approach asks the questions of "what has happened to you" and "how did you respond." This is different than the top-down approaches that ask the questions "how are you broken" and "how do we fix you."
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| Qualifications: | Missouri State University |
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| Academic Suffixes: | PharmD, BCPP, LPC |
| Expertise: | Addiction, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality, Cancer, Depression, Drug Abuse, Dual Diagnosis, Medication Management, Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD), Relationship Issues, Self-Harming, Sleep or Insomnia, Spirituality, Substance Use, Suicidal Ideation |
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