Hello and thanks for visiting my site. The decision to begin therapy can be mixed with a variety of feelings. One thing you may feel is hope. Hope that therapy might provide you with the empathy, understanding, and acceptance you did not receive in the past and that therapy can help you work through the effects of not having certain kinds of relational experiences. Another feeling you may feel is fear. Fear that the way you have known yourself to be up until this time may be unsettled and disrupted as a result of the therapy. You may also be afraid that therapy may not provide you with the growth-producing experiences you want. I appreciate this dilemma and will work with great care and sensitivity to encourage the parts of you that seek to grow and protect the part of you that needs to hold onto yourself as you have known it as you go through the therapy process.
I am a mental health counselor licensed in the state of Indiana (LMHC). I have provided individual therapy, couples and marriage counseling, family therapy, and group counseling in West Lafayette and Lafayette, Indiana since 2001. I have 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.
Working from a self psychology perspective, I specialize in helping people work through relational experiences and connect to early childhood longings so they can be the best them in the present. I will help you explore your early relationships and needs and understand how they effect the way you experience yourself, others, and life in the present. I listen attentively, empathize, and validate aspects of your self in ways that create healing relational experiences between myself and my patients which lead to practical, meaningful, and indepth growth for you.
Who I am as a person-emotionally-engaged and aware and highly relational-allows me to be a genuine, insightful, and effective therapist. I look forward to the possibility of working with you on such an important and worthwhile endeavor, the growth of your self.
I am a mental health counselor licensed in the state of Indiana (LMHC). I have provided individual therapy, couples and marriage counseling, family therapy, and group counseling in West Lafayette and Lafayette, Indiana since 2001. I have 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.
Working from a self psychology perspective, I specialize in helping people work through relational experiences and connect to early childhood longings so they can be the best them in the present. I will help you explore your early relationships and needs and understand how they effect the way you experience yourself, others, and life in the present. I listen attentively, empathize, and validate aspects of your self in ways that create healing relational experiences between myself and my patients which lead to practical, meaningful, and indepth growth for you.
Who I am as a person-emotionally-engaged and aware and highly relational-allows me to be a genuine, insightful, and effective therapist. I look forward to the possibility of working with you on such an important and worthwhile endeavor, the growth of your self.