Develop your inner peace by making choices that are in harmony with your true self.

“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”‍ ‍

- Carl Jung

Expertise for well-being & development

As a Psychotherapist, Consultant, and Life Coach, I provide the knowledge and skills to assist in resolving your concerns. In working with individual adults to gain resolution, I also support your authenticity with the well-being and relationship health it strengthens.

I have proven expertise in working with anxiety, depression, ADHD, personal development, and autism spectrum disorder. In addition, I work with relationship concerns, grief, loss, and adjustment issues. The scope of my professional background contributes to my skill and covers community counseling, private practice, intensive outpatient hospitalization, military settings, and residential treatment.

My history includes serving on university faculties in the capacities of Assistant Professor of Counseling and Adjunct teaching. During my years in higher education, I launched qualitative research to explore autonomy and the context for its development. Autonomy can be understood through the process of Self-development as a natural life-giving drive and volition for being at peace within yourself. It is defined as taking action to be in harmony with your own feelings, needs, values, and conscious decisions, with a spirit of cooperation. My research has illustrated its association with authenticity, empathy, and the skills for emotional intimacy. Findings also illustrate the significance of relationships that foster the ability to develop autonomy, including the relationship with yourself.

With my background and skills, I approach therapy by working together with you to create a supportive climate. I have a psychodynamic orientation, which is influenced by depth psychology, including the work of Carl Jung, and family systems therapy. Rather than simply focusing on symptoms, I address the deeper aspects of your concerns where lasting progress towards change and resolution can transpire. Along with my orientation, I incorporate Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) strategies and my skills as a certified Mindfulness Informed Professional.

While teaching as an Assistant Professor in New Mexico, I discovered my affinity for sculpting stone. Although my process of becoming a sculptor is gradual, carving stone has been instrumental in connecting concepts with practice for self-development. Just as there is a form within stones to unearth, we each have a Self to bring to light. In a context where there is respect, empathy, and cooperation, a sacredness exists in which the soulful song of each voice is heard and valued.

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