As a licensed clinical social worker for the states of Ohio and Kentucky, I provide counseling services for individuals, couples and families concerned about their well being.  An eclectic mix of theoretical orientations are applied to clients’ presenting problems such as: behavioral, psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive, biological and evolutionary  perspectives.

Education and training including, but not limited to, a Master of Social Work from the University of Kentucky in 2003 and earning a Licensed Independent Social Work title in 2007, equipped me with the information and experience needed for opening my private practice in 2008. Prior to self employment, 7 years of work at the Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky called for therapy with children, adolescents, adults and families. The cases assigned to me ranged from juvenile delinquents to dependent, neglected and/or abused children and their families to maintain placement in the home. A transition from community work to more traditional clinical services shifted my duties to individual, group and family therapy for males placed in residential treatment found to be dependent, neglected and/or abused.  These children and adolescents were working to regulate severe emotional and behavioral problems.

Throughout my 25 years of practice I have learned and applied many different theories of treatment for my clients.  The theories and areas of interest are: family systems, domestic violence, high conflict divorce, abuse, parenting, dialectical behavior skills and concepts, trauma and attachment therapies.  Currently, my practice leans toward cases involving trauma from single episode events, developmental / complex trauma and dissociative disorders.  Relational conflict is a focus with individual clients as well, which dovetails into the trauma work on many occasions.  Certificates earned for the use of Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) and Somatic Experiencing (SE) allow for adjunct trauma techniques for use in therapy if or when deemed appropriate.  Somatic work with clients proves to be positive experiences for them, so, an additional certificate in Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) was completed earlier in 2024.  The combination of parenting and / or conflictual divorce are another family system challenge or disruption I treat.  Lastly, I make time in my caseload for adolescents and school aged children along with their families to achieve emotional regulation for the child and system in which they are part.  The resources and treatment I offer support the development and maintenance of the entire self.  Interventions used are dependent upon the client’s needs and circumstances.