Individual, Couples, and Family Counseling

Client Age: 5 and older

Offices:
Lewisville – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 10:00am-7:00 pm
Denton – Thursday and Friday 9:00am-7:00 pm

Education:
Master of Science in Applied Psychology (MS)
Eastern Washington University

License:
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
National Certified Counselor (NCC)

Memberships:
Chi Sigma Iota (International Counseling Honor Society)
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)
North Texas Families in Transition (NTXFIT)

Insurance:
Aetna/ Aetna EAP
BCBS Blue Choice PPO
Ceridian
CompCare
CorpHealth/LifeSynch
Deer Oaks
FEI
Humana
Magellan
Traditional Medicaid

Clinical Interests

(in no particular order)
1. Teens and Families who want increase connection and improve communication
2. Coping with Grief, Trauma, or Loss
3. People struggling with body image or self-injuring behaviors
4. Coping with Depression and Anxiety
5. Adolescents involved in the Juvenile Justice System
6. GLBT clients – orientation, coming out and couple’s issues
7. Building healthy anger management skills
8. Play and Art Therapy (ages 5 and older)
9. Parenting skills and Parenting Challenges
10. Couples wanting to improve their relationships

Most Frequently Recommended Reading for Clients:

• Parenting With Love and Logic, by Cline and Fay – for parents wishing to improve their parenting and communication skills
• Parenting Teens With Love and Logic, by Cline and Fay – for parents struggling with teen behavior issues
• Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, by Mary Pipher – for teenage girls, and parents of teenage girls, wanting to understand the challenges today’s teens face
• Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity To Love, by Robert Karen – for all wanting to understand how our first relationships affect our current ones and how to grow to become securely attached
• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens, by Sean Covey – for teens and their parents wishing to improve self-image, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve goals, and get along with parents and other adults
• Try and Make Me, by Levy, Goode, and O’Hanlon – for parents looking for alternative parenting skills
• Couple Skills, by McKay, Fanning, and Paleg – for couples wanting to build relationship skills
• Toxic Parents, Forward and Buck – for adults struggling with the effects of abusive parents