Treatment Focus:

AODA- Substance and Process (porn/gambling/gaming, etc...) Addictions

Mental Health- Depression, General Anxiety, Trauma (PTSD), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Grief/Loss, Safety Concerns (SH/SI/HI), Anger Management, Domestic Violence, Stress Management & Adjustments, Impulse Control, Mood/Personality Disorders

Bio:

I joined Christian Family Solutions in Nov 2022. I earned my Master’s degree in Social Work at Simmons University in Boston, MA in 2021. Prior to that I earned my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a minor in Substance Abuse Counseling from Northern Michigan University in 2001.

For the past 25 years, I have worked in various mental health and substance abuse setting, including residential, hospital, county outpatient, and in-home, providing individual/group therapies, and case management.

I strongly believe in client centered therapy and building on the client’s strengths and teaching them important life skills such as interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and self-advocacy. I am excited to be able expand on my current therapy knowledge and experience by being able to provide therapy for clients from a faith-based approach.