Why did you become a therapist, and what motivates you to continue?
I became a therapist because I am passionate about helping people overcome their struggles and achieve healthier, more fulfilling lives. With 25 years of experience, I specialize in addressing addictions and use a strengths-based, holistic approach rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). What motivates me is witnessing the transformative power of therapy and the resilience of my clients as they learn healthier coping skills and make meaningful changes. Offering both a faith-based and psychological approach enhances my work, helping clients live more victorious and balanced lives. Treating every client with compassion, respect, and empathy is at the core of my practice.
Welcome to my virtual office. I am a LCSW, licensed counselor servicing all of Florida, with 25 years of counseling experience, with addictions (substances, porn, eating disorders, gambling, and gaming) providing individual and family therapy by utilizing CBT, a strengths-based, collaborative, holistic approach, allowing me to gain a clearer sense of my clients' needs.
If desired, I offer a faith-based, psychological/Biblical integrated approach, addressing every aspect of life, enhancing spirituality, and strengthening faith, to live a more victorious, happier, healthier, & more wholesome lifestyle.
Additionally, I offer Premarital counseling to establish a firm foundation for marriage; because "after every wedding comes a marriage."
My therapeutic style, which is rooted in evidence-based, effective and practical Cognitive Behavioral, and Motivational Therapy, is coaching, holistic, strengths-based (utilizing clients’ own strengths and resources), learning and applying healthier coping skills, and finding viable solutions to address underlying reasons for debilitating substance abuse, eating disorders, porn/sex addiction, and other addictive behaviors, while assisting in finding a more balanced, happier, healthier and wholesome lifestyle.
If desired, I offer a faith-based and psychological integrated approach. I endeavor to apply the Golden Rule in work and personal life.
*Specialties
•Addictions
•Mental Health
•Spirituality
*Conditions treated
•Addiction
•Depression
•Anxiety
•Bipolar disorders
•PTSD
•ADHD
•Eating disorders
•Relationship issues
•Family counseling
*Treatment philosophy
My therapeutic style, which is rooted in evidence-based, effective and practical Cognitive Behavioral, and Motivational Therapy, is coaching, holistic, strengths-based (utilizing clients’ own strengths and resources), learning and applying healthier coping skills, and finding viable solutions to address underlying reasons for debilitating substance abuse, eating disorders, porn/sex addiction, and other addictive behaviors, while assisting in finding a more balanced, happier, healthier and wholesome lifestyle. If desired, I offer a faith-based and psychological integrated approach. I endeavor to apply the Golden Rule in work and personal life.
*Treatment approach
•Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(CBT)
•Mindfulness-Based(MBCT)
•Coaching
•Trauma-Focused
•Person-Focused
•Biblical/Christian counseling, integrated with Psychology