Welcome
What an exciting and courageous journey you are embarking on in exploring therapy! The decision of who to work with in therapy is significant. It is essential that the person is someone you feel safe with, who will help you with the things most important to you, and who is skilled in approaches and theories that will help. I hope this site gives you helpful information along these lines as you decide if I may be that person .
About Me
I am a mental health counselor licensed in the state of Indiana (LMHC). I have provided individual, couples, marriage, family, and group therapy in Greater Lafayette, Indiana since 2004. I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts from Grove City College, Grove City, PA; a Master of Arts in Counseling from Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, FL; and a Two-Year Certificate in Advanced Training in Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago, IL.
I work with people from an Internal Family Systems (IFS) perspective which believes that each person's self is the source of healing and help. By helping you access more of your self and self-energy, I help you to live from a place of self-leadership . Instead of certain behaviors (which IFS calls Protectors) or painful feeling states (which IFS calls Exiles) overwhelming and hijacking your system, your self oversees and regulates your system.
I work with people from an Internal Family Systems (IFS) perspective which believes that each person's self is the source of healing and help. By helping you access more of your self and self-energy, I help you to live from a place of self-leadership . Instead of certain behaviors (which IFS calls Protectors) or painful feeling states (which IFS calls Exiles) overwhelming and hijacking your system, your self oversees and regulates your system.