About Me

At Essence of Life Therapeutic Services, I provide a safe and supportive environment for individuals, couples, and families to heal and grow. Life balance is not one size fits all, therefore neither should therapy approaches. Whether you are looking to figure out your path in life or need to work through a situation that is impacting your quality of life, meeting with a therapist could be the first step to moving forward. I come from a more humanistic approach by treating my clients with compassion and helping them to feel empowered. Besides my college experiences, I believe I have learned a lot from past clients, especially when working with the military and first responder population. I hope that you will allow me to assist you in living a fulfilled life because I believe every person deserves to live a fulfilling and meaningful life, and I strive to help my clients achieve their goals. Contact me today to learn more about my therapy services.

Therapeutic Approaches

Types of therapy and treatment preferences.

Coaching
Let me assist you in feeling a sense of accomplishment as we identify goals and ways to reach them.

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
A talk therapy used for all ages to assist in problem solving by changing thoughts and behaviors.
There are other therapies that fall under this therapy but have a more specific approach.

Cognitive Processing (CPT)
A form of CBT that is used for clients struggling with symptoms of PTSD. This typically requires 12 sessions and consists of the client identifying how the trauma has changed their beliefs and behaviors. Sessions will assist client in learning new ways to change their thoughts.

Dialectical Behavioral (DBT) Skills
This talk therapy is another form of CBT but there is also an emphasis on accepting yourself for who you are. DBT is broken into four modules: mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and emotion regulation.

Humanistic
This approach focuses on self-discovery and personal development. This is done by focusing on the client's beliefs and values. There is also an emphasis on the client's strengths.

Motivational Interviewing
There is a level of fulfillment for the client when they are able to solve their own situations. This type of therapy entails the client being prompted by open-ended questions to encourage them to find the answers.

Narrative
In this therapy, the client is given an opportunity to narrate their own story. It empowers the client to change a negative or problematic situation to a more positive outcome. This can assist client in not focusing primarily on the traumatic situation.

Prolonged Exposure Therapy
Another form of CBT, this therapy is used for those with PTSD. Many times after traumatic experiences clients avoid anything that reminds them of the traumatic event. The goal of this therapy is to get clients to understand they are no longer in danger and to assist the client is slowly approaching situations or things that they have avoided in the past.

Written Exposure Therapy
This therapy is one of the newer therapies for trauma and can be beneficial because it can be completed in 5 sessions. This requires the client to follow specific writing prompts. The writings are meant to assist client in confronting discussions that they were avoiding in the past and looking at the situation from a different perspective.

About Me

Therapeutic Approaches

Coaching Let me assist you in feeling a sense of accomplishment as we identify goals and ways to reach them.

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT) A talk therapy used for all ages to assist in problem solving by changing thoughts and behaviors. There are other therapies that fall under this therapy but have a more specific approach.

Dialectical Behavioral (DBT) Skills This talk therapy is another form of CBT but there is also an emphasis on accepting yourself for who you are. DBT is broken into four modules: mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and emotion regulation.

Humanistic This approach focuses on self-discovery and personal development. This is done by focusing on the client's beliefs and values. There is also an emphasis on the client's strengths.

Motivational Interviewing There is a level of fulfillment for the client when they are able to solve their own situations. This type of therapy entails the client being prompted by open-ended questions to encourage them to find the answers.