About
I specialize in the relationships we have with ourselves, partners, children, and families. Whether a child or adult, our behaviors can always be made sense of when seen as a bid for connection, security, co-regulation, or validation. Where responses feel disruptive, defiant, shut down, withdrawn, critical, or overwhelming, they are a protest against disconnection or change, indications of a missed need, or a signal that whatever is happening is outside of a capacity to cope at that moment. I make space for everyone’s resourceful, brilliant, and sometimes limiting patterns, emotions, needs, protectors, and adaptations. I work with individuals, couples, and families to explore interactions, what is working, and what leaves you and your loved ones vulnerable to feeling unseen, defensive, or misunderstood. I can help you organize emotions, build connection and security, develop a language for sharing hurts and needs, and help you know how to respond to each other's struggles. I support clients to create a new map for dealing with struggles, hurts, and stress points. I work with the origins of your pain so patterns can be healed and new possibilities can emerge. We can clarify what each person truly needs, heal fears and misses, bridge the differences in how you deal with emotions, and find joy in the fullness of who you are.
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| Qualifications: | Western Carolina University |
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| Academic Suffixes: | MSW |
| Expertise: | ADHD, Adoption, Anxiety, Behavioral Issues, Child or Adolescent, Chronic Illness, Codependency, Coping Skills, Depression, Emotional Disturbance, Family Conflict, Grief, Life Transitions, Marital and Premarital, Men |
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