Specialties

Anxiety & Depression

Anxiety is excessive worry and fear about something happening on a regular basis or in the future.

Apprehensive about that presentation at work? A job interview? Moving to a new place? A little bit of that is perfectly okay – natural.

But when these feelings of worry and fear start interfering with your daily functions, in both your personal and professional life, it may be time to seek help.

Depression

Everybody hurts.

We all have a bad day now and then. It’s natural to feel lost or sad, sometimes.

But when those feelings of sadness, emptiness, and hopelessness creep up more frequently, or they’re more intense, or they start to get in the way of your day-to-day life, you may be suffering from depression.

You also may be feeling angry and frustrated about things that may not normally be a big deal, but now they are.

Or maybe you’ve lost interest in things you enjoy, have problems falling and staying asleep, and have lost your appetite.

The best and courageous thing to do is to ask for professional help, and that’s why I’m here.

Anger

Sometimes, it’s the little things that really get on your nerves, grind your gears, make you see red. It’s okay to get mad. Anger gets even the best of us, sometimes.

But when you don’t express your anger in a healthy way, it can begin to affect all areas of your life negatively.

When the experience of this emotion causes a physical, verbal, or emotional reaction that affects your ability to function and your judgment, it’s time to ask for help.

If you don’t acknowledge your anger effectively, you can make impulsive decisions, be more irritable, be rude or unfair to others, or isolate yourself from the ones you love.

And your anger can start you down a slippery slope that leads to devastating consequences – even unwanted involvement in the legal system.

Using my experience and training as a Certified Anger Management Specialist with the National Anger Management Association (NAMA), I can help you to address these emotions so that who you are is not based on how you cope with your feelings of anger.

Being angry is not a bad thing. The point is what you decide to do about it.

Adult Children of Alcoholics

Trauma. Neglect. Physical, sexual, emotional, or verbal abuse.

If you grew up in an alcoholic family, chances are you’ve seen or felt it all.

All you wanted was to feel loved – safe.

Maybe that meant coping with the physical, emotional, or verbal pain.

Or maybe you had to care for or shield one parent from the other’s abuse.

You’ve tried to make sense of it – to move on – but you haven’t found a way to heal the wounds.

Or maybe you have lived in the shadows of trauma for so long that you don’t even realize you were exposed to it.

But there is a way beyond.

Give me a call. Let’s start the work of healing and restoration.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Read: What does it mean to be raised by a parent with mental illness?

Guilt & Shame

Sometimes, it’s okay to put your needs first.

But you have a hard time doing it without feeling guilty or ashamed.

Deep down, you know you ought to break this habit, but you wonder if it’s even possible to feel pride in taking care of yourself – to feel capable, loved, happy – good enough.

It’s possible.

Let me help you to take credit for your hard work or for taking care of yourself, so you can stop always worrying about the needs of others and focus on your own needs.

Let me help you learn to say NO to the excessive, draining, or exuberant demands of yourself, coworkers, friends, and family and YES to putting your emotional health first.

You’ll feel empowered as you discover that you can have loving and meaningful relationships with others without guilt or shame.

Equally, you’ll develop a loving sense of appreciation for who you are and compassion for the times in which you struggled.

PTSD & Trauma

Depression. Panic. Anxiety. Looming over you like insurmountable walls from your past.

Whether what you’re experiencing relates to symptoms of PTSD or to that difficult time in your life, you can’t just get over it, regardless of how hard you try.

It’s getting in the way of how you want to live your life.

But a trained trauma therapist can help.

Tear down those walls. Start the healing process today.

Together, we’ll use a variety of proven, effective techniques like EMDR to help you start living the life you really want – and deserve.