My clinical style: Is collaborative- It's your therapy, so it has to fit your personality, your strengths, your life. My style is active- we'll do activities and experiments during our meetings and you'll do practices at home because just talking about a problem is often not enough to make real and lasting changes. Finally, my style is positive- we focus more on what you want in life (and how to get it) and less on what is "wrong" with you. Here's a sample: After gathering some important background information, we would start by discussing what you really care about in life, what matters most to you, and what kind of life you want to be living. Then, together, we start to identify what seems to be getting in your way; what is preventing you from living the way you really want to live. Once we know what direction we're headed and have gotten to know the obstacles in the way, we can create a shared mission, or strategy for our work in therapy. We'll set realistic goals and talk about what kinds of things you are willing to change or do differently in order to move toward what matters. Each week, we structure the therapy time and home practices to effectively move toward what you want, we continually check in to evaluate our progress and we make adjustments as we go. Education and Clinical Training: After graduating from Florida State University (B.A., Psychology), I moved to New Orleans and spent a year working at a psychiatric hospital and another year working with combat veterans at the VA medical center. These early clinical experiences solidified my desire to work directly with people by applying the findings of science to help prevent and reduce mental and emotional suffering. I received my doctorate from an APA-Accredited clinical psychology program at George Mason University in 2005. My graduate training included extern placements at Georgetown and American University Counseling Centers and I did my Internship right here at Towson University. A
| Degree | Major | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Clinical Paychology | George Mason University | 2006 |
| PhD | Clinical Paychology | George Mason University | 2006 |
