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About My Clients
Perhaps you are: - Seeking OCD treatment - Struggling with anxiety, worries, or feeling panicky - Having intrusive thoughts - Not coping as well with stress - Reliving trauma memories or avoiding reminders of them - Having a hard time sleeping - Managing chronic pain - Going through a big life transition Clients I work with reported that they feel less stressed and anxious due to counseling with me. They’re less negatively impacted by traumas, sleep better, and have more energy.
My Background and Approach
I provide evidence-based therapy, choosing techniques that research shows are likely to be effective for your type of problem. I primarily use cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) to help you better understand your emotions and make changes to feel better and reach your goals. In treatment, we’ll work on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts patterns and unhelpful actions, and I’ll teach you valuable skills. I also integrate mindfulness-based interventions and offer Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD. The style of therapy I provide is collaborative, goal-oriented, and active. We will tailor your treatment to your unique goals! I earned my Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology in 2012 and have been a licensed psychologist since 2013. I have experience working at a Veterans Affairs primary care clinic, women's health clinic, and university counseling centers. I have published peer-reviewed articles and presented research at local and national conferences.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I practice cultural humility – a lifelong commitment to understanding my own and my clients’ cultural identities, privileges, and experiences of oppression. I regularly educate myself on the experiences of those who hold different identities than I do. We’ll integrate your cultural identities, values, and strengths into our therapy. I am LGBTQ+ affirming and frequently treat transgender, non-binary, and gender questioning clients. I support Black Lives Matter, anti-racism movements, LGBTQ+ equality, disability rights, and the rights of immigrants and refugees to live, work, and study in the US. I am pro-science and support vaccination against COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. I value all faiths and spiritualities and agnosticism, atheism, and humanism. I grew up in Texas, so I love BBQ and breakfast tacos and think “y’all” is a beautifully inclusive and useful word that all English speakers should adopt.