Throughout my career, I have worked with people on a wide variety of issues- ranging from discomfort with a minor life change to helping those diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) find sobriety, and everything in between.  These experiences, along with my drive for lightening the emotional weight of others, have lead me down the path to get my Masters of Counseling degree and become a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), a clinical supervisor, National Certified Counselor (NCC) and a trained EMDR therapist.  My specialty has become focusing on healing trauma.  My goal is to heal as much of the trauma out there that I possibly can to change as many lives as that are willing. I help people put trauma in the part of the brain that keeps it from bothering them anymore, it's what I do best. 

A big take away I have gained over the years is how things from our past effect us more than we could ever imagine and can hold us back from achieving the goals we care about.  I learned the that a band-aid and Tylenol can only do so much when a splinter is infected. Our bodies cannot heal until the splinter is completely removed.  Our minds work the same way. Because I also highly value coping skills to use in the moment, I have found a balance in helping to both alleviate current emotional pains (fear, lack of worth, anger, sadness, etc.) as well as healing the original cause for lasting relief (providing the Tylenol, removing the splinter, and reducing the need for the band-aid or Tylenol in the future). Fortunately, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)  is a type of therapy that brings that balance to life.

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I also utilize ART (Accelerated Resolution Therapy), which is another form of therapy that uses eye movements to heal trauma quickly.  It's motto is 'Keep the Knowledge, Lose the Pain'. It keeps the lessons learned and you'll still know what happened but it will be more difficult to access the images of it and the pain associated with it will be reduced or non-existent. This process can be emotionally intense with profound results.  You are welcome to request to this method and we can assess together if it'd be a good fit for you.  

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If you would like to feel less emotional pain, I may be able to help you. I believe that, together, it is possible to lighten or even rid the weight of the things you carry that prevent you from living the life that you want to live.