Do you find that you can’t stop thinking about events from the past? Do nightmares make the idea of going to sleep stressful? Or maybe you don’t remember your dreams, but you wake up sweaty with a racing heart? Do your friends and family wonder why you’re shut off; don’t want to spend time with them; or do the things you used to enjoy? Maybe you find yourself getting angry a lot more than you used to. Or find yourself thinking that, “If only I’d done such and such, then things would have been different”, or “It’s my fault that something/blank happened”. Or you’re avoiding certain situations, and it’s harder to function effectively. You’d like to move past old traumas. You wish you could feel less guilty and ashamed. You want to “be like I used to be” and to get out of the loop of bad memories. You want to stop being haunted by the past and decrease the pain that prevents you from being the person you want to be in your relationships, job, and personal life. Together we’ll detangle the ghosts of past events from your present life so you can live it. I take a straightforward approach, using compassion, humor, and science to help you discover how negative events have impacted your fundamental thinking about yourself, the world, and other people. I primarily use well-researched therapies found to be effective.
Qualifications: | University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
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Academic Suffixes: | PhD |
Expertise: | Anger Management, Anxiety, Body Positivity, Coping Skills, Depression, Infidelity, Marital and Premarital, Open Relationships Non-Monogamy, Relationship Issues, Self Esteem, Sex-Positive, Kink Allied, Stress, Trauma and PTSD, Veterans |