Bio
Clinical Interests
Trauma-informed and trauma focused interventions, marginalized and minoritized populations, depression, suicide, grief, anxiety, familial/romantic/friend relationship concerns, exploring attachment style, building self-compassion, improving communication and boundary setting skills, identity exploration/development, navigating life transitions, supervision and training.
Counseling Style
My approach to therapy is rooted in building warm and trusting relationships in order to foster openness, authenticity, collaboration, and respect between myself and my clients. My theoretical orientation focuses on attachment and integrates humanistic, interpersonal, and psychodynamic approaches. I particularly enjoy narrative-based therapy and mindfulness interventions. I recognize each client is unique and may need services that are tailored specifically to their needs and therefore I draw from CBT, DBT, and ACT as well. As a clinician with various privileged identities, I think it is important to bring discussions of power, privilege, oppression, and social justice into the therapy space to deepen the therapeutic relationship and explore students’ experiences at a PWI. I believe each client is an expert on themselves and their own lived experiences and I am honored to have clients trust me with their stories.
Personal
I find my own mental health is positively impacted by spending time outside in nature, so I love long walks, hiking, and biking. I enjoy spending time with my partner, game nights with friends, curling up with my cats and a good book, and baking to satisfy my love of dessert and all things chocolate.
Education
Florida State University (B.A., Psychology)
Spalding University (M.A., Clinical Psychology)
Spalding University (Psy.D., Clinical Psychology)
Internship: Appalachian State University Counseling and Psychological Services