My passions are helping couples have healthy fulfilling relationships, helping people heal from past trauma, and helping women who are torn between the many hats they wear and struggling with finding their sense of identity as individuals apart from the many roles they fulfill.
Education and Credentials:
- MA, Marriage and Family Counseling and Therapy, Indiana Wesleyan University
- BA, General Studies with Focus Area in Religious Studies, Indiana Wesleyan University
- AAMFT Approved Supervisor
Other Professional Associations:
- Adjunct Professor, Division of Graduate Counseling, Indiana Wesleyan University
- Indiana Association of Marriage and Family Therapists Board of Directors, serving as Secretary
- American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor
Specialty Areas:
- Couples
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
- Insomnia
- Depression and Anxiety
Modalities:
- EMDR
- Gottman Couples Method
- IFS
- CBT-I
- Attachment Based
- Emotionally Focused Therapy
My Favorite Part of My Work:
Seeing lives transformed as I partner with God in helping fulfill the mission of Isaiah 61:1-3 of binding up the brokenhearted, proclaiming freedom for those who are oppressed, releasing people from their prisons of darkness, and comforting those who mourn.
A bit about me personally...
My husband and I have four adult children. When I am not at work you can often find me puttering in the garden with my flowers or spending time with family. My faith and involvement in my church are very important to me as well.