Drawing on a variety of tools, we will collaborate on a treatment plan that fits your needs, goals, and values. My approach to therapy is emotive, cathartic, and cognitive. I work with people from all walks of life and collaborate with you to help shape the life you want to live. As a trauma-informed therapist and drug counselor, I stress evidence-based approaches to healing. I work to improve outcomes regarding anxiety, depression, and other issues, including the unique ones which affect LGBTQIA+ folk, people in nontraditional relationships. and kinksters. I emphasize self-acceptance, harm reduction, and sex positivity. As your therapist, I see myself as an advisor and an ally. We may use various approaches: cognitive-behavioral to help you take back control of your life; psychodynamic “talk” to clarify your thoughts, needs, and goals; motivational enhancement to help you put it all into action; and narrative therapy to clarify the story of your past, present, and future.
Qualifications: | Loyola University Chicago |
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Academic Suffixes: | LCSW, CADC |
Expertise: | Addiction, Alcohol Use, Anger Management, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality, Cancer, Chronic Relapse, Coping Skills, Depression, Divorce, Drug Abuse, Dual Diagnosis, Emotional Disturbance, Family Conflict, Grief, Infidelity, Other, Open Relationships Non-Monogamy, Relationship Issues, Self-Harming, Sex-Positive, Kink Allied, Sexual Addiction, Stress, Substance Use, Suicidal Ideation, Transgender |