About Myself

I am a licensed clinical social worker with a doctorate and a master’s degree in social work and over 20 years of practice experience. My passion is to empower others to achieve their fullest potential, that is to guide clients work through their current challenges and help them to move beyond — so they walk away stronger, wiser, and feeling good about their ability to shape their future.

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I have specialized expertise in counseling clients who have experienced trauma. This includes birth, foster, adoptive, and blended families. I have knowledge in trauma work, parent-child attachment, parent-child conflict, sibling conflict, peer-social skill difficulties, aggression, depression, anxiety, grief, loss, adoption specific issues and sensory processing difficulties.

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I believe that excellence in practice includes staying at the cutting edge of the knowledge and skills in your field. Therefore I strive to stay current with the latest research and evidenced-based best practices. I draw from a range of treatments such as trauma-informed practice, cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused, play-based therapy, and the circle of security. I was trained at the Karen Purvis Child Development Institute as a Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) practitioner.

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Degrees, Certifications, Trainings:

PhD - Virginia Commonwealth University

MSW - University at Albany

TBRI - Trust Based Relational Intervention

Certified Trauma Therapist

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Licenses:

NC-LCSW License # C011712

NC-NASW Certificate of Supervision

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Practice Experience Highlights:

DUKE University National Center for Traumatic Stress 

VISSTA Virginia Commonwealth University

VCU Adjunct Clinical Faculty

UNCW LCSW Field Supervisor

Post-Adoption Treatment Specialist

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