Licensed Social Worker
Hello! I offer therapy services at our South Hills clinic.
I have been working in the behavioral health field for over 40 years now and have had a wide variety of experiences in different treatment settings and with different treatment approaches. I have worked primarily with teenagers and adults and have developed a number of evidence-based approaches and techniques drawing from cognitive, behavioral and mindfulness approaches along with drawing from emotional and social intelligence, positive psychology and resiliency.
Just as people are different, so are their challenges and the types of therapy and support they can best benefit from. I tailor my interventions based on a collaborative approach with the individuals I serve and will likely draw on a number of evidence-based approaches in order to bring a broad perspective to the individual on how they define their challenge and then the best potential paths forward. This approach tends to be fluid and adjusts to how the individual is responding and reporting on their progress.
I have stayed in this field for as long as I have because of the inspiration I have personally drawn on through working with individuals who have constantly displayed
their unique ability to show their resiliency in responding to their life’s challenges. So, I focus on developing an empathic understanding on how those challenges are perceived by the individual and working with them to discover the solutions that they can embrace and grow with.