I'm a therapist who helps people with relational and behavioral issues that commonly affect couples, families, and individuals. In sessions together, we might work on improving responsiveness and understanding in your relationships, addressing and resolving behavioral concerns with yourself and/or others, healing resentments, developing and establishing boundaries, evaluating and processing marital concerns, and/or increasing intimacy and connection with your partner, to name a few.
Common individual goals that I often work with include decreasing anxiety, exploring ambivalence, supporting recovery from addiction, healing trauma, improving self-esteem, transforming shame, and reconsidering life goals. Therapy can be a great place to develop clarity about who you are, what you want, and how you currently (and alternatively could) relate to the world.
It can truly be life changing, with benefits reaching far into the future.
Common individual goals that I often work with include decreasing anxiety, exploring ambivalence, supporting recovery from addiction, healing trauma, improving self-esteem, transforming shame, and reconsidering life goals. Therapy can be a great place to develop clarity about who you are, what you want, and how you currently (and alternatively could) relate to the world.
It can truly be life changing, with benefits reaching far into the future.
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I was born in a small town in Iowa, to young parents who had just turned seventeen.
They divorced when I was very young and we soon moved to Colorado, with my first step father, away from my large family.
I grew up here, and developed the love for the outdoors that Colorado often inspires.
Back in Iowa, my dad became a horse-trainer, and I also learned to love horseback riding in the summers.
By the time I was a teenager, my mom divorced my first stepfather.
As a relatively poor kid, and perhaps the youngest, and second-littlest in the class, I was mercilessly teased.
They divorced when I was very young and we soon moved to Colorado, with my first step father, away from my large family.
I grew up here, and developed the love for the outdoors that Colorado often inspires.
Back in Iowa, my dad became a horse-trainer, and I also learned to love horseback riding in the summers.
By the time I was a teenager, my mom divorced my first stepfather.
As a relatively poor kid, and perhaps the youngest, and second-littlest in the class, I was mercilessly teased.
Like Angie, I was born to teenage parents, which proved to be hard times.
My folks divorced when my little brother and I were very young, and there were several times we struggled to put food on the table.
I moved many times, bounced between two homes, and learned to adjust to differing parenting styles.
I had to adjust to a lot of changes and - like many who might be reading this - I yearned to feel normal and to find a piece of stability and control.
In high school I was awkward and introverted, which made it difficult to make friends and fit in.
My folks divorced when my little brother and I were very young, and there were several times we struggled to put food on the table.
I moved many times, bounced between two homes, and learned to adjust to differing parenting styles.
I had to adjust to a lot of changes and - like many who might be reading this - I yearned to feel normal and to find a piece of stability and control.
In high school I was awkward and introverted, which made it difficult to make friends and fit in.
I grew up in a very large family, the oldest of five children.
As the oldest, I helped my siblings navigate growing up, and I developed strong bonds with them.
These experiences - getting to work with their varied styles of learning and life struggles - sparked a passion for helping others become the most authentic and healthy versions of themselves.
Being raised in such a large family also helped instill my values of empathy and dedication, and ignited an interest in becoming a therapist.
I was exposed to mental health challenges in both my family and with friends, by a young age, despite mental health never being talked about much in my household.
As the oldest, I helped my siblings navigate growing up, and I developed strong bonds with them.
These experiences - getting to work with their varied styles of learning and life struggles - sparked a passion for helping others become the most authentic and healthy versions of themselves.
Being raised in such a large family also helped instill my values of empathy and dedication, and ignited an interest in becoming a therapist.
I was exposed to mental health challenges in both my family and with friends, by a young age, despite mental health never being talked about much in my household.
I approach therapy with a systemic lens.
This means that instead of viewing challenges as exclusively stemming from individuals, I consider how many factors in peoples' lives contribute to their situations.
I chose to study Marriage and Family therapy because I believe the role love has in our lives is vital and universal.
I am passionate about evolving intimate relationships and enhancing communication.
As an ally to the LGBT+ community, I find beauty in all different consensual expressions of sex, intimacy, and love.
This means that instead of viewing challenges as exclusively stemming from individuals, I consider how many factors in peoples' lives contribute to their situations.
I chose to study Marriage and Family therapy because I believe the role love has in our lives is vital and universal.
I am passionate about evolving intimate relationships and enhancing communication.
As an ally to the LGBT+ community, I find beauty in all different consensual expressions of sex, intimacy, and love.
Individual therapy is a great place to explore what makes you YOU, where you feel most able to grow and thrive in the world, and how you can make changes that allow you to move towards the purposes you were created for.
While it is so important to have supportive friends and family, sometimes your relationship prevents your loved ones from being objective.
Generally, their intentions are to back you and support you and do what's best for you; however, what is best for one person is not always best for another.
While it is so important to have supportive friends and family, sometimes your relationship prevents your loved ones from being objective.
Generally, their intentions are to back you and support you and do what's best for you; however, what is best for one person is not always best for another.
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