What does success look like in therapy? How will a client know that they are making progress?
Success in therapy isn't about problems going away. Life is full of ups and downs. Problems will always arise. Progress is not the absence of struggles but how we cope with challenges. Clients will know they're making progress when they start having healthy outlooks while managing problems.
What is your style/approach to therapy?
I love to incorporate mindfulness and meditation techniques into my therapeutic approach. I provide my clients with a down-to-earth and direct yet gentle approach. I invest in each individual/couple/family to create an environment of safety and comfort, tailoring my approach to individual needs.
In what ways have your personal experiences influenced your work with your clients?
Celebrating diversity has always been a passion of mine. In my work, I highlight how oppression and colonialism impact the person and problem. Facing my fair share of discrimination, racism, and oppression I know just how damaging they can be to your mental health.
Specialties
Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is the degree to which a person feels confident, valuable, and worthy of respect. Feeling low self-esteem can influence overall well-being and be linked to anxiety and/or depression.
Race & Cultural Identity
Challenges around race and cultural identity vary enormously, including issues related to discrimination, racism, and intergenerational trauma.
Cultural adjustment
Moving to another place or living in a different culture requires a normal adjustment period. This happens at different rates for different people, some adjusting more quickly than others. Can potentially lead to ongoing issues.
Women's issues
Women’s health is regarded as the holistic being and experience of being female. This extends beyond consideration for illness and other complex conditions but to general considerations of physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Issues may include female oppression, socialized gender role, female reproductive issues, motherhood, body image, divorce, and substance use.
Couples
Provides couples therapy/counseling
General Expertise
Depression
Depression often causes people to feel sad, empty, or hopeless, and can cause a lack of interest in life. It can also affect a person's thinking patterns and physical health.
Anxiety
Anxiety can mean nervousness, worry, or self-doubt. Anxiety disorder is a mental health disorder that entails excessive, repeated bouts of worry, anxiety, and/or fear.
Relationship Issues
Refers relationship issues with a partner or spouse. Can include issues related to relationship distress, relationship satisfaction, communication, intimacy, etc.
Adolescent mental health
Adolescent mental health focuses on adolescent-specific experiences including physical and cognitive development, social and environmental factors, sex, sexual identification and orientation, emotional processing, and substance use. Given the influence that parents/guardians have on adolescents, home life is a particularly important consideration.
Anger management
It's normal to experience anger at times, but for some, it becomes so frequent, intense, or difficult to control that it negatively affects their life. Anger management is a structured therapeutic approach toward reducing one’s anger to a point where more appropriate coping and/or conflict management skills are used. Beliefs and thoughts leading toward anger outbursts are explored while healthy coping and interpersonal skills are put into practice.
Fees
$100
First Session
$100
Family Therapy
$100
Couples Therapy
$100
Individual Therapy
Types of Therapy
Family Session
Couples Session
Individual Session
Clientele
Parents
Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (25-65)
Seniors (65+)
Adolescents (13-17)
Treatment Approaches / Modalities
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Mindfulness Practices
Strength Based Therapy
Compassion-Focused Therapy
Culturally Sensitive Therapy
Family Systems Therapy
Feminist Therapy
Marriage and Family Therapy
Multicultural Therapy
Relational Therapy
Structural Family Therapy
Licensure
NV, LMFT, 3121
Education
Masters of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Work History
I've spent six years working for several agencies focused on homelessness and low-income individuals/families. As a result, my approach to therapy focuses on empowering my clients. I've spent a lot of time working with women in many different stages of life (adolescents, young adults, middle age, elderly, pregnancy, post-pregnancy, etc.) I work on uplifting my female clients while highlighting the unique issues being a woman can pose. I utilize a feministic framework in my approach to working with women. I've worked with a wide range of ethnicities and cultures. I use a cultural framework to highlight how oppression impacts the problem and how to cope with the effects. I have experience working with LGBTQ+ individuals and couples. I'm a proud ally of the LGBTQ+ community. I work with couples on identifying deeply entrenched patterns in the relationship, breaking unhealthy sequences, and creating new healthy cycles.
Location
Remote Therapy, Las Vegas, 89146, NV