I am a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW-CP), Licensed Addiction Counselor (LAC), and Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor (AADC). I received a Bachelor of Sciences in Psychology degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2012, and also received a Masters in Social Work at the University of South Carolina in 2014. I have over 13 years of experience working with adolescents and adults with mental health, substance use, and trauma disorders, as well as their family members.

I am a Certified Trauma Resolution Energy Therapy (TRET) Practitioner, a therapy that focuses on healing energy related to past and current traumas in the realms of mind, body, and spirit. TRET initially focuses on reducing the emotional charge, or energy, associated with the root causes of current problems. Over time, TRET fosters holistic healing through the mind-body connection by replacing emotionally charged energy with new positive core beliefs.

I am also extensively trained in Schema Therapy, which has been shown to be effective with personality disorders and chronic emotional disorders. Schema Therapy involves looking at unmet needs in early childhood that led to maladaptive core beliefs, and how those core beliefs are negatively impacting the present. Schema Therapy aims to change core beliefs into more effective ones to accomplish current goals and enjoy life in general.