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I am a proud Winthrop Eagle (Class of 2000), and I earned my Psy.D. from the Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology. I am licensed as a Psychologist in South Carolina. I love working in Counseling Services, because it is a unique opportunity to work with college students of many ages and many walks of life. I love to hear people's stories and share in their journey. It's amazing to walk through the counseling process with clients as they move from a place of pain to a place of thriving and satisfaction with life. My practice is heavily influenced by Mindfulness and Acceptance (ACT, DBT, etc.) strategies. Professionally, I am very interested in how Mindfulness and Acceptance strategies aid in management of strong emotions.
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I received my Bachelor’s in History and Psychology from Winthrop University (Go Eagles!) and graduated from Appalachian State University in 2016 with a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and graduate certificates in Expressive Arts Therapy and Systemic Multicultural Counseling. I consider it a great honor to be able to hold a safe space and be present for students who are brave enough to speak their stories aloud. My practice is influenced by Dialectical Behavioral, Relational Cultural and Narrative therapies and I frequently utilize the expressive arts (including visual arts, writing, music, and movement) in my work with students. I love the arts for their ability to both expose and contain our pain and messiness. I love working with students of all different backgrounds and have particular interest in working with those students struggling with disordered eating, eating disorders, body image issues, and self-harm. I am a member of a number of professional associations and the Vice President of the newly formed SC chapter of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals.
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My love for counseling is manifold. I enjoy helping students to confront and overcome their disabling academic and emotional life challenges thus enabling them to graduate with their self-created inclinations to fulfill their professional and life's goals. I relish the special expression on students' faces when they achieve an in-the-moment enlightenment and complete self-awareness of the problems that have long undermined their emotional health — "I finally got it." I just love it when my clients are about to graduate or have graduated and communicate their appreciation for the help their therapy sessions have provided them. In counseling, I use Analytical, Narrative & Person-Centered Therapies. I find it particularly enriching designing mental health-related intervention programs and working on policy development. I recently discovered that training and supervision at times rival individual therapy as one of my top five professional interests.
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I am a graduate of UNC Charlotte (class of ‘19) in clinical mental health, and I am thrilled to be working in the college setting! My background in sociology (Appalachian State University class of ‘16!) gives me a unique, systemic lens to pair with my interpersonal and psychodynamic theoretical orientation. I am interested in the ways we form relationship patterns with others and the ways those patterns are influenced by marginalization and privilege. I also utilize ACT, which focuses on accepting our thoughts and emotions and committing to the actions that best support our values. Mindfulness is one of my favorite strategies! I am always honored to go on client’s journeys with them and hear their stories – it is the great honor of being a counselor! Some of my professional interests include counseling LGBTQ youth and young adults, couple’s counseling, and telemental health.
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