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Finding the Courage to Change

Moving You Forward

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Life Coaching 

As a life coach I will partner with you to clarify goals, help you overcome obstacles and create actionable plans for personal and professional growth, focusing on future-oriented solutions.  I will assist with your accountability keeping you on track and motivated with new perspectives and build confidence to tackle challenges. 

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Trauma Focused Therapy

Trauma Therapy is a evidence based psychotherapy or counseling that aims at addressing the needs of individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other difficulties related to traumatic life events.

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Marriage Counseling

Marriage therapist help couples of all types recognize and resolve conflicts and improve their relationships. Through marriage counseling couples can make thoughtful decisions about rebuilding and strengthening relationships.

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Individual/Family Therapy

Individual therapy is a process through which clients work one-on-one with a trained therapist in a safe. caring and confidential environment to explore their feelings, beliefs, or behaviors, work through challenging or influential memories, identify aspects of their lives that they would like to change, better understand themselves and others, set goals and work toward desired change.

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and Life Enhancement Session

This service is a favorite among many of my clients, as it is often times one of the keys to a happier, healthier life. My job is to give you the tools and techniques to achieve a balanced and fulfilling lifestyle. After several sessions, you will become well-versed at handling issues whenever and wherever they arise. Call now to schedule a session.

Psychotherapy can be one of the greatest and most rewarding adventures, it can bring with it the deepest feelings of personal worth, of purpose and richness in living;

Ministerial Services

Once the proposal has been made and her answer is yes, don't forget about the premarital counseling and wedding Officiant to perform the wedding. I have been an ordained minister since 2007 and have officiated numerous wedding.

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My Story

Trusted Counselor

As a seasoned practitioner with nearly a decade of private practice experience, my expertise spans individual, couple, and family therapy all grounded in evidence-based modalities, which speaks to my unique ability to create therapeutic spaces where clients feel truly seen and supported. Over the years I mastered the art of weaving formal training with lived experience to guide clients toward sustainable self-care practices and grounding techniques. This isn't just clinical skill—it's the cultivation of culturally responsive relationships that honor each person's narrative while equipping them with intervention.

As a MOAIM-EC endorsed reflective supervisor specializing in relationship-focused practice, I partner with clients to cultivate pathways toward healthy growth, trauma processing, and sustainable recovery. I co-create therapeutic goals rooted in your lived experience, ensuring alignment with your values and needs.

How shall we begin? Would you prefer exploring a current relational challenge, unpacking a past experience, or building resilience tools? No matter where you would like to begin, I adapt modalities to meet all diverse client needs. I am a Christian with a Ministers License that is able to help clients utilize Biblical practices at their request.

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