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I have a MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at the University of St. Thomas. Opportunities working with kids in foster care established my foundation in understanding the social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties. Additionally, I have worked with adolescents and adults with goals to improve anxiety, depression, relationships, stress, and more. Are you ready to embark on a path toward healing and positive change? I am here to provide compassionate support and guidance. Let's work together toward a brighter future.

I believe in fostering a non-judgmental counseling relationship with individuals and practice from a strengths-based perspective, focusing on one’s assets and potential. I use dialectical behavioral therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational enhancement, and person-centered techniques to assist individuals, couples, and families in reaching their goals. My purpose is to help improve coping skills, increase personal happiness, develop closer relationships, balance life, and discover a higher quality of life. I have a passion for counseling and strives to improve the lives of my clients in ways that are both personally and relationally beneficial.

I work with an entire person--the mind, emotions, body, spirit, relationships. I offer an alternative approach to traditional psychotherapy because sometimes we are stuck beyond our thoughts. I believe we are often stuck beyond how we think about something, but by how our body holds and remembers the experiences. After all, we feel the anxiety in our chest, shoulders or stomach. When we are depressed, we struggle to move, sleep, concentrate etc. I work to remove the block from wherever it is stuck. My clients come to me after years of ineffective therapy. They are looking for more than talking about their struggles or identifying how they think about them in favor of a change in living.

This private practice is focused on helping clients create a balanced and joyful life. Everyone can discover the way that works best for him or her. It appears that we tend to focus way too much time and energy on "right vs. wrong." This seems to only cause more confusion, indecisiveness, and other insecurities. Seeking outside guidance in times of struggle can be powerful and transformative. One of the goals of this practice is to help clients discover a deeper sense of self and acceptance. Another intention of this practice practice is to help clients build and maintain the necessary tools they already have existing within themselves, and lead clients to new discoveries of living life in a more balanced and enjoyable way.

Psychotherapy can help many difference areas in life such as self esteem, depression, anxiety, fears, affair recovery, sexual issues, communication issues, etc. I am a therapist that specializes in relationships, intimacy, and sexual health. I use solution focused approaches to help each individual and/or relationships to get the most out of therapy.

We use psychotherapy to build a personal bond that helps you to realize your own strengths. We work with people to develop belief and faith in their own ability to handle life on life’s terms. By building a strong interpersonal relationship as opposed to a starkly clinical one, we try to get a true understanding of what is triggering discomfort in your life. We will try to uncover the causes as well as a timeline as to when your symptoms began and cultivate healthy alternatives to deal with the issues troubling you most. The goal is to help you to get to a point that you feel you have the ability to manage your own thoughts and feelings and emotions outside of the therapeutic relationship.

The pursuit of happiness can sometimes seem to be a non-reality to individuals with extenuating circumstances in life. Adverse childhood experiences many times have a negative impact on how we view the world. We develop anxious attachments, avoidant attachments, and a combination of both. Our subconscious thoughts of what we experience in our childhood are usually the culprit of our low self-esteem, lack of assertiveness. and overall pessimism of the world. We give our clients the opportunity to explore these past realities with a listening professional ear. We process through these experiences then provide a professional psychoanalysis. From there, we work together to improve your outlook.

You can freely explore your ideas and feelings in the private, compassionate setting of our psychotherapy sessions. We will identify and address underlying issues using individualized strategies, promoting self-awareness and resilience. Together, we'll create useful coping skills and confront unproductive mental habits. You will be given the tools you need to manage life's obstacles with newfound clarity and purpose thanks to this method. Our therapy relationship will provide ongoing support and encourage constructive change, ensuring that you always feel heard and understood on your path to mental health.

Are you searching for meaning, disappointed because of unrealized dreams, struggling with ineffectiveness in your relationships or life pursuits? You can benefit from therapy by developing self-awareness and understanding. Don't become a prisoner of your past. Get help overcoming obstacles to change, and develop satisfying social and personal relationships. See life in a new and different way. Develop your full potential, increase your effectiveness, and build self worth. Therapy can help you recognize patterns, identify goals for change, and develop confidence through successful outcomes.

I see therapy as a deeply personal and courageous choice. Checking in with open hearts, minds and spirits creates a threshold for understanding Leading with compassion and relational exchange similarly sets a tone for self-disclosure...and trust. I see each client as an individual with unique qualities. Many of my approaches overlap well/are specifically crafted for ultimate effect. Honing technique to fit client needs creates highly personalized connectivity, clarity and growth. We target this result together. I appreciate your ability to seek a more healthy life & look forward to journeying there with you!

As a Clinical Psychotherapist, I am trained to provide a wide array of therapeutic modalities to treat Mood & Depressive Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Personality Disorders, Schizophrenia-related Disorders, Behavioral Disorders, Interpersonal Issues, Relational Issues, Marital & premarital Counseling, Parenting Issues, Issues related to Substance Abuse, PTSD & other Trauma-related Issues, Issues related to ADD/ADHD, & Issues related to a Spectrum Disorder. A significant, & unique, benefit when seeking my therapeutic services is that the client will - whenever available - receive treatments that have been developed & tested through research & deemed to provide superior outcomes.

Lake Austin Psychotherapy offers general psychotherapy via the narrative perspective of externalization from the problem. Additional subconscious processing with EMDR can facilitate cognitive narrative connections that allow for new, adaptive perspectives to emerge. While past experiences cannot be changed, the story we tell ourselves can always evolve.