Therapists » Licensed Professional Counselor
Along with the clinical team at Charleston DBT Associates, I offer comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for both adult and adolescent clients. DBT brings together Eastern Mindfulness techniques and Western clinical principles to create behavioral change in a warm therapeutic environment. DBT is the transaction between Zen contemplative practice and behavior therapy, held together with a dialectical philosophy. This dialectical stance works to find what is adaptive in even the most maladaptive behaviors, to assist clients in creating the emotional and behavioral changes needed to build a life worth living. With a collaborative treatment style grounded in evidenced based practice, I work intently in sessions to balance acceptance and change, the most fundamental dialectic in DBT. Each session demonstrating accountability, engagement, intuition, and a down to earth nature as I develop strong therapeutic relationships based on genuineness and acceptance. My training has included exposure to a variety of settings both locally and abroad allowing me to work with a range of issues such as anxiety, depression, personality disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, sex work related issues, substance use, impulsive behavior, and trauma.
| Qualifications: | Citadel Graduate College M.A. in Psychology: Clinical Counseling |
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| Academic Suffixes: | LPC |
| Expertise: | Anxiety, Behavioral Issues, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality, Child or Adolescent, Chronic Impulsivity, Coping Skills, Dual Diagnosis, Eating Disorders, Emotional Disturbance, Family Conflict, Parenting, Self-Harming, Sexual Abuse, Suicidal Ideation, Trauma and PTSD |