Providing therapy to individuals & couples to address relationship skills, patterns, mood/anxiety, and more!
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Richmond, VA
I love working with teens, college students, young adults, adults, couples, and parents.
I'm trained in structural/strategic family therapy, Internal Family Systems, DBT, and use the mix of skills/strategies that work best for you. I use Emotion Focused Therapy and Gottman with couples. Coming up later in 2024, I'm training in EMDR!
Dealing with anxiety can be exhausting- I blend talk therapy with teaching you strategies and skills that will help you manage and feel better.
As teens you have so much to deal with, especially these days of the pandemic- talk about your stressors with school, relationships, and whatever else is on your mind. I'm here for you!
Whether you're dating, single, in a relationship, engaged, or married-even with peer relationships-things can be tough. I'm here to teach you relationship skills to navigate these challenges and be your best in all relationships.
Trained as a marriage and family therapist with speciality work in couples throughout my career.
Family systems training and perspective is a core part of my training as an MFT- in graduate school, I completed 60+ credits, primarily focused on family/couples therapy.
I have been trained and practicing DBT for 20+ years- recently worked on making it official with my certification!
I have been a therapist for 20 years and during that time, have seen many clients who have various levels of depression, mood instability, and/or emotional dysregulation. I approach this with a mix of education, strategies/skills, and exploring your personal history, beliefs, and parts.
My training is in family systems theory, so I come from a perspective of us all functioning with many systems, our family of origin/people with whom we grew up, school, work, community, etc. I approach relationships with a blend of IFS/DBT/EFT/Gottman- whether you're coming to therapy as an individual or couple, I can support you!
Level 1 training + 20 years of practice
Level 1 training complete, Level 2 in progress.
I have worked with. many clients, of all ages, with chronic and acute, passive and active, suicidal thoughts. I am comfortable with doing risk assessments, safety plans, and am not a therapist who jumps to sending clients to the hospital unless absolutely necessary for safety.
I have years of experience in working with clients with Borderline Personality traits-I use DBT but also other modalties as well since not everyone connects or likes DBT!
As a family therapist, I have a systemic perspective and understand how relationships with our family, including generational patterns/trauma, can affect you as an individual.
History of abuse, childhood trauma, C-PTSD, etc. I use a combination of approaches, including DBT, IFS, and EMDR, depending on your needs and preferences.
I have received basic training in EMDR and am working toward certification. I find it fits so well with my approach and other modalities I use. EMDR can be for healing of all kinds - stress, perfectionism, trauma, childhood trauma, and more!
