Clients see me with many different concerns. I frequently focus on working with teens and their families dealing with the issues that come with adolescence; bringing together families in conflict; working through couples' relationship problems; and helping individuals deal with feelings of depression, stress, and anxiety.

Areas of Focus

• Adoption and Foster Care
• Adolescents and Pre-Teens
• Adults
• Anger
• Anxiety
• Communication
• Depression
• Divorce
• Domestic Violence, Abuse, Trauma, Rape, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• LGBTQ
• Parenting
• Family Counseling
• Stress
• Substance Abuse

• Outpatient counseling in private practice setting.
• Short-term counseling and crisis intervention with adults and adolescents.
• Individual and family in-home therapy with juvenile drug court participants.
• Substance abuse counseling at residential adolescent drug treatment facility.
• Outpatient counseling at community mental health center.

• L.C.S.W. in Illinois and Missouri (What's This?)
• M.S.W. from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
• B.S.W at University of Missouri; Saint Louis