What does a first session with you look like?
The initial visit is include the completion of a psychosocial assessment. This assessment gives me a scope of who you are through identifying information, your presenting problem, and a history about your past and present. This way I am able to assess and learn more about you and what's going on in your life. You also have the opportunity to learn about me and ask questions.
What’s the most profound, insightful, or interesting thing you’ve learned as a mental health professional?
The most insightful thing that I have learned as a mental health professional is that you have to meet clients where they are and allow them to be themselves. I also have learned that you can not force things and allow them to naturally occur as the healing process takes place. Silence during a session is also common, as it allow the client time process their feelings or gather their thoughts. Counseling is therapeutic and should be taken as such.
What is your style/approach to therapy?
My therapy style is cognitive behavioral therapy. CBT helps you become aware of inaccurate or negative thinking so you can view challenging situations more clearly and respond to them in a more positive and effective way.
Specialties
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.
Careers
Designed to help people choose, change, or leave a career at any stage of life. Careers are often wrapped up in people’s perceived identity, therefore, any change can cause anxiety and/or depression.
Trauma
Trauma is the result of experiencing a perceived, extremely distressful event. Although the stress threshold for each person differs, meaning that each person considers and experiences trauma differently, it is an event that tops one’s threshold. It exceeds one’s ability to cope or emotionally process. Symptoms may include shock, anxiety, confusion, hopelessness, feeling disconnected, mood swings, nightmares, and intrusive thoughts.
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.
General Expertise
Careers
Designed to help people choose, change, or leave a career at any stage of life. Careers are often wrapped up in people’s perceived identity, therefore, any change can cause anxiety and/or depression.
Loss/Grief
Grief is a reaction to an emotionally significant loss and often comes with symptoms of depression or anxiety. These symptoms can remain intense and last for a long time after a loss, making it difficult to move forward with a healthy lifestyle.
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.
Adoption & foster care
Adoption and foster care considerations include education on the process, integrating the new family, establishing household rules and boundaries, processing past trauma on behalf of the child, emotional health, and other adjustment procedures.
Life transitions
Positive and negative change can be difficult, including things like moving, breaking up, adjusting to parenthood, or changing careers. It’s normal to feel stressed, however, life transitions can inhibit people from living healthy lifestyles.
Fees
$120
First Session
$100
Family Therapy
$100
Couples Therapy
$100
Individual Therapy
Types of Therapy
Family Session
Couples Session
Individual Session
Clientele
Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (25-65)
Adolescents (13-17)
Treatment Approaches / Modalities
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Training / Certifications
School Counseling
Licensure
TX, LPC, 82603
Education
Master of Science, Counseling, Texas A&M University-Commerce
Work History
I has spent more than 12 years working with adults, youth and families who are experiencing crisis from situational stressors to teenage pregnancy, homelessness, substance abuse and mental health issues. I have worked in a behavioral psychiatric health hospital, private clinical practice, education, and the Department of Family and Protective services servicing children and families who were victims of abuse and neglect. My diverse experience gives me a unique understanding of education, community, and social services.
Location
Jamie Way, Dallas, 75236, TX