Brief Counseling & Counseling Services in the Truckee and North Lake Tahoe Areas

I provide a comfortable, non-judgmental, supportive, and collaborative environment. We work together to understand your circumstances, clearly articulate your values and develop goals that speak to your values and passions. With goals in place, I bring my expertise in counseling psychology to help you develop insight and understanding into your patterned behaviors and habits, then help you negotiate the challenges you face, and develop skills to create meaning and positive change in your life. I use several evidence-based and research-supported approaches including cognitive behavioral therapy, solution-focused therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy and existential therapy. In addition to general psychotherapy, I also, have advanced training and experience in trauma-focused therapy protocols including EMDR, prolonged exposure therapy, cognitive processing therapy and internal family systems therapy. Trauma-focused therapy is used to integrate trauma that has occurred in your life, including acute and single-incident trauma (e.g., an accident, a diagnosis, a rape, a death) and chronic and historical trauma (e.g., domestic violence, childhood abuse, ritual abuse).