Psychotherapy

Unearth long-standing past patterns & behaviors, enabling you to make healthier choices about your present and future.

I believe the client is the expert in their life. I uphold the social work ethical standard of self-determination within my clinical practice setting. My training has prepared me to apply a psychodynamic framework with special attention to Attachment Theory and Trauma Theory. I utilize a trauma conscious social work perspective and somatic-based interventions within my practice.

I believe the therapeutic alliance serves to establish an environment of relative safety for those I work with conveying possibility, hope, and healing. I emphasize strengths and work to enhance the developmental capacities of individuals through careful listening, mutuality, and empathic attunement. I believe the therapeutic process fosters the development of authenticity, knowledge of internal, physiological-based sensations, balanced emotional states, flexible thinking, coherent narratives, and new ways of relating to the self and others.

Education
I am a Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner (LIMHP) and Certified Master Level Social Worker (CMSW) in the state of Nebraska. I received my bachelor’s degree in social work at Creighton University, my master’s degree in social work at the University of Nebraska in Omaha, and my PhD in clinical social work at Smith College School for Social Work in Northampton, MA.