My Approach to Helping
Life can be a lot to handle sometimes. In the blink of an eye, things can happen that irrevocably change our lives. Events like a cancer diagnosis, the death of a loved one, job loss, a breakup, an assault, or even a car accident may leave you with trauma, anxiety, and grief that degrades your health and quality of life. Often, it is many accumulating events that overwhelm us with chronic stress and push us past our current ability to cope. If you are in that place where hope, happiness, and the life you would like to live seems impossible to reach, I can help you learn the skills needed to cope and build resiliency.
I know from first-hand experience that we, as human beings, are more resilient than we recognize on our own. Even if it doesn't feel like it now, you have the strength to move forward & overcome whatever is holding you back & pulling you down. I became a counselor to help people persevere and recognize their own strength, even during the hardest times.
Whether it is a traumatic event or an accumulation of everyday stressors negatively affecting you, I'm here to help empower you to overcome barriers holding you back from a better life. I will provide you with holistic care by partnering with you to build the life you want by helping you set goals, make changes, cope, & build resiliency.
More Info About My Practice
Her Time was created by a woman, for women. Our mission is to provide women with access to therapeutic support that is convenient, holistic, and empowering. If you are one of the many women leading a busy life, filled with responsibilities and challenges that make self-care drop to the bottom of your priority list, then you're in the right place! Therapists at Her Time Therapy understand that, as women, we often try to ignore our declining mental health and force ourselves to focus on school, career, and family, abandoning our own self-care in the process. This leaves you feeling burned out and unsure how to move forward. This is why we offer client-centered, feminist therapy designed to help you overcome anxiety, process trauma, navigate grief, thrive through cancer, find your dream career, develop healthier relationships, become friends with food, and so much more!
How My Own Struggles Made Me a Better Therapist
I became a holistic, client-centered mental health therapist because I know what it is like to have your life turned upside down. Early in my professional career as an English teacher, one of my worst fears came true - my mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. My perspective on life and my priorities shifted suddenly and irrevocably. I spent three wonderful and terrible years at her side as a cancer caregiver before she passed away.
During that time and the years following, I learned how to manage chronic stress, grief, and anxiety, while also finding the bright spots in life and a way forward. I've lived with anxiety and even navigated the stress of starting and changing career paths during a time of mental, emotional, and physical upheaval. The blessing in these experiences is the clarity I gained around my true purpose and passion in life - to teach other women how persevere through their darkest moments.
I'm ready to be your partner in facing anxiety, grief, and traumatic stress, not only because of the qualifications listed on this page, but because I've been there. I've lived through it, and I know you can too.
I promise, you are more resilient than you recognize or feel right now. My passion and my job is to teach you to see your own strengths, prioritize self-care, find solutions, and cope with the challenges you're facing by transforming your perspective of yourself and the world.
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