ABOUT ME

Thank you for visiting my page! I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 20 years experience in the mental health field. I have worked in various settings including community mental health, hospice bereavement care, and private practice therapy.
My counseling approach is based on the belief that we were made for relationship. While relationship is ultimately meant for our good, it is also in and through relationship that we experience wounding and trauma. My conviction is that God wants to bring about restoration and healing in our lives, while evil works to kill, steal, and destroy. My hope is to journey alongside of you from with compassion and curiosity so that we can explore your story together. I approach the counseling relationship from a Biblical worldview and provide Christian Counseling for those who desire to address trauma from a faith perspective.
My counseling approach is influenced by attachment theory and by therapist and author, Dr. Dan Allender. An explanation of the Allender Theory can be found ​here.

​​I am also trained in EMDR, an evidence-based therapy that is helpful in treating anxiety disorders, depression, complicated grief, trauma, and PTSD. 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/PTSD
Sexual Abuse
​Emotional Abuse
Spiritual 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