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    With a steady, caring, and empathetic attitude and with Christ as my example, I will meet you where you are to help lift you up. No matter where you are in your journey, I will work with you to discover what empowers you and allows you to see your challenges from a new perspective. I offer Christian counseling for children, teens, couples, adult individuals, and families dealing with a range of issues and concerns including trauma, addiction, ADHD, depression, anxiety, and more. With God’s guidance and direction, we will learn to navigate your circumstances in ways that improve your outlook so life can begin to look lighter.

  • 6 Anxiety Disorder Symptoms in Teens: How to Spot Them and What to Do

    It can be tough to notice anxiety disorder symptoms in the teenage years simply because the teen years tend to ramp up in multiple ways. Hormonal shifts, friendship drama, juggling school with sports and work, and growing into their identities make things challenging in this stage. As a parent, it’s important to take note of characteristics that seem to pop up unexpectedly, persist over time and in multiple situations, and cause your teen to avoid what he or she [...]

  • What is ADHD? How to Recognize and Understand it

    Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is often thought of as a person’s inability to stay focused, stay on task, and/or having an excessive amount of energy, so much so that they cannot remain still when the moment calls for it. However, these characteristics of ADHD are merely the surface of what is going on in the person’s mind. So, what is ADHD? And what is happening in the mind of a person with ADHD? What are they experiencing? How is this [...]

  • Couples Counseling: A Renewed Commitment, Not a Failure

    Couples counseling is exciting. You have the opportunity to discuss your relationship with a perfect stranger. You get to talk about the ups, the downs, the in-betweens, and the mundane of your relationship. Again, exciting, right? Likely, that’s not what you thought about when you thought of the words couples counseling. For so many, it is a difficult subject to start to think about, let alone go further and meet with a counselor. Why? Simply put, stigma surrounding couples [...]