Therapists use harm reduction with people who experience drug use to reduce chances for overdose or transmission of infectious diseases while improving their mental, physical, and social well-being.
Harm reduction offers these clients health care, social services, and mental health treatment. It connects clients with education, referrals for infectious disease treatment, overdose reversal medications, and links to care. It also reduces the stigma associated with substance use and promotes healing through hope by empowering peer support from those in recovery.
My clientele has included military veterans, women, children, adolescents, and families with mental health, relational, and/or experience with trauma; and families, adolescents, and adults with substance abuse/dependence issues. Through my own experience, I have found a personal desire and need to work with women, mothers, and families that have Perinatal Mood and Anxiety disorders. My theoreti...
Are you tired of holding it all in? Are you tired of fighting with yourself and others? Is your loved one's addiction consuming you? Whether it's tackling addiction or being in a relationship with a loved one suffering from addiction. I can help you find solutions moving you forward to a path of personal freedom. By identifying your motivations and needs, I'll help you find goals to work toward...
In an effort to cultivate an opportunity for healing and living a more peaceful and fulfilling life, together we will explore your current ways of being and seek to recognize behavioral patterns; I am committed to assisting clients as they work to improve their relationship with themself and others. I utilize humor, compassion, and empathy when providing guidance on beneficial skills and tools ...
Life's most challenging moments can ask you to step out of your comfort zone which can feel uncomfortable, unsettling, or even scary. As a result, you can experience anxiety, depression, and anger to such levels that you start to struggle in other aspects of your life. Learning to navigate these challenges, with compassion and acceptance, can help you evolve and thrive wherever life leads you....
My goal as a social worker is to help individuals, of all ages, in need improve the quality of their lives and their well-being. Problems that I might help people with may include behavioral, health, and social issues. As a clinical social worker I offer counseling services to those individuals in need. Social workers who specialize in mental health issues work with clients battling mental...
I am a clinical therapist who specializes in trauma-informed treatment, harm reductive strategies, and strengths-based psychotherapy. I work with adults and adolescents, as well as couples, and use a person-centered eclectic model with my clients. I have been trained in AASECT sex therapy and encourage any individual, couple, or those engaged in non-traditional relationships to explore sex-rela...
I work with adult individuals, couples & non-monogamous relationships and treat relational & sexual health concerns: conflict & miscommunication, sexual functioning issues, sexual pain disorders, sexual dissatisfaction & desire discrepancy, anxiety & depressive disorders. Many patients I work with are LGBTQIA+ folks, those engaging in unconventional sexual behaviors (BDSM, kink, fetish, etc.) o...
Whatever your reasons for coming to therapy, I will meet all parts of you with respect and non-judgment. My sense of humor and realness helps you get comfortable, and even laugh sometimes; my grounded, caring presence makes it safer to talk about and experience challenging emotions. Therapy work with me involves thoughts and insights from the mind, feelings and sensations living in the body, an...
I work with adolescents and adults who are experiencing anxiety, stress, depression, substance use, grief and loss, relationship issues, and life adjustments. I use mindfulness, relational-cultural, trauma-informed, and person-centered approaches to help people identify their strengths and values. Modeling humility, authenticity, vulnerability, transparency, honesty, and non-judgementalism, I...
Life can become overwhelming and we feel alone. It can be a relief to have someone to discuss our challenges and changes with. I look forward to joining with individuals to explore new ways to improve their overall wellness.I serve teens and adults living with complex trauma, mood disorders, and dissociative disorders. I primarily use client centered, trauma informed interventions, and harm...
Are you feeling hopeless in your relationship? Always angry or lonely? Feel like you can't communicate? Maybe you lie awake at night staring at the ceiling. Who this stranger asleep beside you? And the sex? You either do it to keep the peace, or it hardly happens at all. Or there's been an affair. You feel like the earth has literally disappeared beneath your feet. Your trust is shattered. I ca...
I offer holistic and depthful therapy that is both affirming and collaborative. My clients appreciate my gentleness, compassion & humor. My approach is de-stigmatizing and non-shaming, addressing & coming into contact with held stories and social narratives that may not match your current self or the self that wants to be. I hold an adaptive client centered framework utilizing trauma informed,...
I understand how difficult it is to ask for help for any Alcohol or Substance Use issue! How?...because it took me most of 20 years to do so myself. I also know how Anxiety, Depression and substance use interact, which causes paralyzing results, Why?...because I didn't realize I was self medicating my Anxiety and ultimately making it worse! That's why I have dedication the last 14 years to...
You are a man, or woman, a senior executive, a husband, wife, or so. Maybe you are alone and just trying to get by, day-to-day. Today's stresses are unlike ever before. If you are looking for a way to manage it better I can help. My approach is to enable you to live life from the inside out and balance the crazy demands of this world with some inner resilience. Now is the time to invest in...
Thank you for taking the time to visit my profile! Making the decision to enter into therapy is a courageous decision and I honor your steps at moving towards creating your life worth living. I believe strongly that the relationship with your therapist is incredibly important and as such I offer a free 20 minute phone call so we may talk and discover if we are a good fit for each other. My...
