COUNSELING SERVICES

Licensed Professional Counselor &
Registered Play Therapist

Individual, Group, Family, Play Therapy, Sand Tray Therapy, and Child Parent Relationship Therapy

Are you tired of being afraid? We are not born to fear; we learn to fear. We are born to love. Are you ready to make the shift from living in fear to living in love? Are you ready to fly rather than crawl?

Begin the journey to your best self today. Together we can make your dreams a reality…together we can find peace with the person who looks back at you from the mirror.

LEARN:

• the power of choice
• how to live your dreams
• how to see yourself with better eyes
• how to change your life
• how emotions affect your body, mind, and spirit
• that there is light at the end of the tunnel, and it’s more glorious than you could ever imagine
• that hope is always on the horizon

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS:

• Licensed Professional Counselor
• Registered Play Therapist
• BA in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin
• Masters of Education in Counseling Psychology from the University of Houston-Victoria
MEMBER OF:
• American Counseling Association
• Texas Counseling Association
• Association for Play Therapy
• Texas Association for Play Therapy

PROFESSIONAL PHILOSOPHY:

I believe that each of us has the God-given desire to be the very best that she or he can be. My focus is to guide and nurture that desire and to offer powerful tools to each individual who wants and needs to believe that light can triumph over darkness. With such a belief comes hope, and with hope comes the power to choose to become a healthy individual rather than a broken one.

From A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

The above words by Marianne Williamson have always had special meaning for me. As a counselor in private practice, I see people every day who are crippled by fear and who feel an emptiness that nothing can fill. They think they come for answers, but I believe they come for hope……for an opportunity to connect with the best parts of themselves and their dreams.

Play Therapy

“Fish Swim… Birds Fly… Children Play”

Come to the Playroom, a place of healing for children of all ages.

Play isn’t just a leisure activity for a child. It is an innate, profoundly important tool that each and every boy and girl uses to learn, to socialize, to heal, to synchronize mind and body, and to find the joy of living.

In a perfect world, play would simply be a blissful activity used to grow a child into being her or his best self. Unfortunately, we don’t live in a perfect world, and children are often harmed here and attend therapy for a wide variety of reasons. They may be experiencing social, emotional, behavioral, or developmental difficulties. They may have experienced difficult life events such as illness, bullying, bereavement, or parental separation. Children may have low self-esteem, poor concentration, poor problem solving skills, heightened anxieties, fear, anger, or aggression. They may present with separation anxiety, attachment disorders, or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The list is endless.

All of these issues result in the child having difficulties with relationships, with regulating or expressing emotions, with establishing routines and responding to authority, or with feeling secure. These problems can interrupt a child’s development and create a need for specialized help that even the best parents cannot provide.

This is where play therapy shines. Children simply don’t respond to talk therapy as well as adults do and need an intervention that enables them to use a natural coping mechanism, play, to heal from whatever the tragedy, trauma, or issue may be. With play therapy and the powerful child/therapist relationship, any child and every child can resolve hurtful issues at a deeper level than their verbal skills would allow while enjoying themselves in a therapeutic playroom.

Sand Tray Therapy

“Sandplay is hands on psychological work. It is a powerful therapeutic technique that facilitates the psyche’s natural capacity for healing. In a ‘free and protected’ space provided by the therapist, a client creates a concrete manifestation of his or her imaginal world using sand, water, and miniature objects.”