Choose Hope.

Utilizing CBT, ACT, DBT, EMDR, and various other interventions. Specializing in reduction of suicidal thoughts and self harming behaviors in addition to trauma and loss. Helping reduce anxiety and depression symptoms by teaching you strategies to take control of your emotional experience. 
​I help people find hope.

I received my Master degree in Community Counseling from the University of Phoenix and started my counseling practice in 2002. I began as a family therapist specializing in working with youth and families in low economic areas and great need. I counseled families involved with the juvenile justice system and helped them navigate and succeed under court ordered family therapies and child protective service investigations using an evidenced based practice of Functional Family Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I moved on to focus on children ages birth to five, mostly in foster care placements, who had been the victim or witness to unspeakable trauma and violence. Ultimately I found myself in the Maricopa County System for the Seriously Mentally Ill using Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to treat serious mental health conditions ranging from personality disorders, emotion and mood disorders, dissociation, addiction (eating disorder, substance abuse, gambling addiction, shoplifting), trauma, and grief/loss.
I currently serve as an adjunct faculty member at Glendale Community College. I am an Approved Consultant, Facilitator, and Trainer in Training with EMDR Therapy. I am licensed in the states of Arizona & Vermont.

I really enjoy counseling and being able to guide people in finding hope for their future and planning to both respect their journey and conquer their goals. I look forward to working with you.

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Arizona License: LPC-11745
Vermont License: LCMHC 068.0134272
Education: University of Phoenix, Master's in Community Mental Health Counseling, 2002

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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
EMDR is an approach which combines bi-lateral stimulation and engagement of the Adaptive Information Processing system to allow the person to release connection to the negative cognition and allow new information to be processed which changes the internal self talk and results in reduced negative emotion attached to traumatic events.

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Training/Teaching/Speaker
I have experience training/presenting on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) with Trauma Recovery Network/Humanitarian Assistance Program (TRN/HAP). I have experience training/presenting on Dialectical Behavior Therapy Theory and Skills for the Maricopa County Regional Behavioral Health Authority. I have done one time speaking engagements and presentations on burnout prevention, suicide assessment and prevention, and drug use and addiction topics. I am also an Adjunct Faculty Member at Glendale Community College.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy
This is my theoretical orientation. I focus on two simultaneous processes, that of validating the perspective of the person and that of challenging the person to grow and change as needed.
DBT is loaded with skills building and tools for more effective living.

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​Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Often a person lacks hope for the future because of the way they think about their current situation. CBT helps people evaluate the effectiveness and validity of their thought process and helps them become more effective in their interpretations and understanding of the world around them. ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy) helps people connect to their values and find more happiness in living. 

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Consulting
I have a creative approach to things and tend to think outside the box. If you need someone to consult with and help brainstorm ideas or potential barriers to an idea, contact me. I'd love to discuss. I have done consultation work with agencies and am an Approved Consultant and Facilitator with EMDRIA and HAP for EMDR.

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Supervision
I am an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS) with both the AZ Board of Behavioral Health and the Center for Credentialing in Education (part of NBCC). 

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Business Consultation
I run a group practice and am happy to help advise those who are interested building their own practice. Let me help you get your practice started. 

Specialities:

​Trauma/PTSD/Complex PTSD
Anxiety/Phobias
Grief/Bereavement
Attachment
Dissociation/Dissociative Disorders
Borderline Personality Disorder
Workers Compensation
Abuse (Physical/Sexual/DV, etc)

My Other Office:

If I'm not in the office I'm probably on a mountain.

Or I might be in my home office with my favorite co-worker.

Initial New Client Session	Established Client Session	Established Client Session
175	150	175
cash/credit/check ​	cash/credit/check	cash/credit/check
Email to Schedule	Portal Scheduling	Portal Scheduling
60 minutes	45-50 minutes	60 minutes
Individual Family ​Couples	Individual	Family/Couples
​Payment due at time of intake.	​24 hour cancellation required or $40 payment will be charged.	24 hour cancellation required or $40 payment will be charged.