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About My Clients
Are you always a little bit afraid that an anxiety attack is waiting around the corner? Have you been hit with surprise anxiety more times than you can count? I know exactly what you're feeling: the pounding chest, the shortness of breath, the feeling that the walls are closing in and you need out NOW. Attacks can be terrifying, and I don't want you to have to suffer them anymore. Holistic practices can reduce anxiety tremendously, and I look forward to teaching you tools to take your life back.
My Background and Approach
I have worked with couples, individuals and families dealing with issues which range from marital struggles to depression and anxiety. I bring a hopeful, compassionate approach while assisting clients to develop positive changes in their lives. I have also witnessed an overwhelming need in the pride community and have been honored to guide individuals through transitions, unique workplace issues, identity development, self-assertiveness training, family conflicts, and sensitively parenting LGBTQ kids. Overall, my hope is to work WITH you and to support you in determining your best way forward. I work closely with clients to help them create a path which will assist in identifying negative thoughts and emotions, preventing addiction relapse, managing anger, coping with grief and loss, managing chronic pain, overcoming trauma, dealing with PTSD, and resolving relationship difficulties.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
As a child of an alcoholic and the mother of an addict, I have benefited greatly from counseling, self-help books and received assertiveness training. The struggles with my child’s addictions left such an imprint on my life, I felt called to work with others who were dealing with similar issues. After 20 years in an entirely different field, I studied holistic massage therapy, earned my MS at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and worked diligently to become an effective Counselor. The therapeutic approaches that I find most effective are Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, though I am not limited to those approaches, and freely embrace the philosophy “To meet you where you are.” As always, my goal is to be supportive and empathetic with open and honest communication to reach the personal goals of my clients.