What Are My Qualifications?

Credentials

I received my Masters of Arts in Counseling: Clinical Mental Health in 2023. I have completed specific training in Solution Focused Brief Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Mindfulness.

Since graduation, I’ve been working at an intensive community-based outpatient program for people at risk for repeat hospitalization. I am currently a pre-licensed professional who is actively working toward licensure.

School of Hard Knocks

As I mentioned on the Who I Am page, I’ve been on the other side of the therapist’s couch. For a while. And I’m still seeing a therapist. While it’s pretty comfortable for me to talk to my therapist most of the time, it wasn’t always that way.

I know all about those awkward silences, emotionally draining conversations, and wondering how the hell you’re going to muster up the courage to tell your therapist about that thing you’ve never told anyone. I know what it’s like to sweat bullets because you’re dodging an issue or being less than honest with your therapist.

I can offer you compassion in session because I know how much I needed it and how grateful I was to get it. I can offer you understanding not because I know what it is to walk a mile in your shoes (because I don’t) but because I’ve experienced the relief that comes with receiving open curiosity rather than judgment in session. I have been fortunate to have a terrific therapist who’s offered me these things and made therapy a safe place for me to be.

And that’s what I offer to you.