I have been a Licensed Marriage and Family Counselor for over 25 years and truly enjoy serving others by helping them sort through their challenges and come up with a plan on how to move forward and live with joy.  My business Joy Filled Life Counseling offers counseling services to individual adults for a variety of issues. Most of my clients seek me out because of a desire to work with a counselor that brings a Catholic Christian worldview to the table and want to weave their spiritual lives into the sessions. 

Some of the areas in which I can help are:

Coping Strategies:  Handling a recent crisis situation, overcoming negative thinking, finding healthy ways to manage life and emotions, reducing anxiety 

Grief and loss:  Death of a loved one, infertility and other reproductive issues, ending of a relationship, or coping with an illness

Life Transitions:  Such as a new baby, moving, job loss, empty nest, retirement

Relationship issues:  Improving communication, boundaries, understanding common relationship patterns and challenges, working through infidelity and trust issues, relationship enrichment

Stress management:  Work/life balance, job stress, relationship or family stress

I utilize counseling techniques from many different styles such as Solutions Focused Counseling, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing.   I am educated and very interested in Theology of the Body and work to bring this perspective into sessions as well.  

Clients regularly comment on my warmth, supportive nature and the vast array of resources I draw upon, while helping them. Having provided services in a variety of settings, Employee Assistance Programs, Mental Health Clinics, schools and group homes, I have incorporated the best of counseling techniques from many different therapy styles and am skilled in providing services in person and virtually by video or telephone.