PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Licensed by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. Master of Education degree in Counseling from the University of North Texas in Denton and a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
Certificates for Addiction Counseling from Hazelden Southwest, and for Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) from the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF).
Facilitator for PREPARE/ENRICH Couples Relationship counseling for couples at any stage of relationship development: premarital, premarital couples with children, unmarried couples living together, married couples, and couples over 50 years of age and middle-aged couples in transition.
Member of Texas Counseling Association since 1994.
THE NATURE OF COUNSELING
Everyone can benefit from professional counseling services at some point during their lifetime. Seeking help from a professional counselor is a sign of strength and a desire to make changes in one's life.
The counseling relationship between client and therapist is based on mutual trust and respect, centered around joint attempts to find solutions to problems and challenges that restrict personal growth.
Clients are encouraged to learn to see and experience themselves and the world around them more accurately in a safe, nurturing, and confidential atmosphere that supports growth and change in emotions, thoughts, and behaviors.
OTHER AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
12-Step Philosophy and Program of Recovery from Addictions and Codependency
Virginia Satir’s Model of Family Systems Therapy
The Effects of Birth Order on Human Relationships, Based on the Work
of Drs. Alfred Adler and Kevin Leman