ABOUT ME

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Hello there.  

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 20 years of experience in the mental health field including community mental health, hospice bereavement care, and private practice therapy. 
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​I am passionate about the work that I do and am priviledged to walk with my clients through stories of pain, heartache, and loss. My own personal experiences and training have led me to uniquely understand how abuse and trauma affect the deep places of our hearts and minds.  Relationship with self, others, and God can be affected, leading to a sense of feeling stuck in hurtful patterns and sometimes hopeless that things can change. The therapy relationship can assist you in exploring these stuck places or patterns you find yourself in. My hope is to provide a safe place to hear and hold your stories so that we may explore them together.  

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​​I am trained in EMDR, an evidence-based therapy that is helpful in treating anxiety disorders, depression, complicated grief, trauma, and PTSD. I find EMDR can help access the places that talk therapy is unable to get to at times. It can help the brain to process through the emotions, thoughts, sensations, and images associated with distressing events or memories. To learn more about how EMDR works, click ​​HERE.

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​AREAS OF SPECIALTY

Grief & Loss
Narcissistic Abuse
Adult Children of Narcissists
Covert/Emotional Incest
Trauma & Abuse
Codependency

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​EDUCATION & TRAINING

Master of Arts in Counseling
Saint Louis University
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Licensed Professional Counselor in Missouri

Narrative Focused Trauma Counseling Certificates  
​The Allender Center at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology