Major Practice Proficiencies
- Individual Counseling
- Marriage and Family
- Consultation
- DSM-V Diagnosis & Treatment
- Crisis Intervention / Trauma
- Spiritual Counseling
Demographic
- Children
- Teenagers And Young Adults
- Men
- Women
Addictions
Abuse
- Abuse Survivor Issues
- Child Abuse
- Domestic Abuse
- Emotional and Psychological Abuse
- Molestation Recovery & Healing
- Rape Recovery
Disorders
- Adjustment Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Disassociative Disorders
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Mood and Depressive Disorders
- Personality Disorders
Marriage and Family Counseling
- Adolescents / Teens
- Adoption Issues
- Children and Childhood Development
- Communication Between Spouses
- Dealing with Divorce
- Family Conflicts, Resolving
- Family of Origin Issues
- Infidelity and Adultery
- Love and Intimacy
- Marriage and Couples Counseling
- Mixed / Blended Families
- Pre-marital Counseling
- Separation
Medical and Health
- Chronic and Terminal Illnesses
- Medical Anxiety
Spiritual Growth
Other Specializations
- Abandonment Issues
- Abortion and Post Abortion Healing
- Aggression / Hostility
- Anger and Anger Management
- Anxiety / Worry
- Body Issues / Body Image
- Boundaries, Establishing and Maintaining
- Caregiver Stress
- Communication Issues and Development
- Forgiveness, Self and Others
- Grief and Loss
- Identity Issues
- Individual Growth
- Midlife Transition
- Multicultural Issues and Adjustments
- Panic and Panic Attacks
- Phobias and Fears
- Post Partum Depression
- PTSD
- Relationships and Dating
- Sexuality
- Self Injury / Cutting
- Self-Esteem
- Stress Management
- Transitions Counseling
- Trauma / Crisis Intervention
- Trust / Mistrust Issues
- Women's Issues
Therapies Used
- Behavioral Therapy
- Christian Therapy
- CBT
- Cognitive Therapy
- EMDR
- Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
- Family Systems
- Gottman Model
- Grief Therapy
- Interpersonal
- Narrative Therapy
- Rogerian Therapy
- Play Therapy
- Psychodrama
- Prolonged Exposure
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Internal Family Systems (Ifs)
Special Populations I Work With
Individuals, couples, families, children, adolescents, premarital couples
Marital counseling for heterosexual couples only (see below)
couples with communication issues
anger, anxiety, depression, grief
victims of abuse, trauma
Persons/couples with sexual addiction and sexual dysfunction/issues
Gender roles issues
PTSD
(I am only trained to provide counseling to heterosexual couples. Any counseling not in that area is outside my scope of practice.)