Education: Masters of Social Work from West Chester University; PA State Board licensed social worker
Areas of experience/specialty: Adults and seniors, LGBTQ+ affirming, legal system involvement, duel diagnosis, self-esteem, anxiety disorders, and mood disorders
Previous experience/positions: Behavioral Health Navigator: provided psychoeducation and supported implementation of mental health techniques and healthy lifestyle choices/routines, and coordination of care with providers. Prior to that, she worked with incarcerated individuals supporting and co-facilitating life skills and reentry readiness, as well as developing and improving programming at correctional facility.
Approach to counseling: Various approaches including but not limited to motivational interviewing, CBT, solution-focused, and narrative. “You know yourself best, so I use various approaches to support and empower you in harnessing and extracting all that that entails. Sessions are used to address, adapt, and implement adjustments for situational, experiential, and overall life improvement. I’m on the journey with you providing space for processing and exploration, and providing levels of challenging, education, and more to work towards your goal(s).
