it's ok to let it go!

When working with my clients, my focus is on guiding children and adults through their healing process after experiencing a traumatic event.

Seeing people empowered instead of victimized, waking up to the opportunities unfolding in front of them instead of self-sabotaging is what drives me as a therapist.

I am passionate about my work but don’t deny that I had been frustrated in the past about limitations of traditional talk therapy. Simply changing thoughts from negative to positive ones, helpful of course, has not been addressing my clients’ deepest pains no matter how hard they have tried. Therefore, with my clients, I now combine important skills training and self-regulation techniques with approaches reaching and healing deepest parts of one’s mind and soul such as hypnotherapy. The same philosophy is true in my work with children. I don’t expect them to sit on my couch and listen or follow behavioral plans at home! Play is a natural language of healing for children. So I encourage them to play! We play within the frame work of Theraplay and Sand-tray therapy.

I earned my MA in clinical psychology with the concentration on child and family studies from Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL. Since then, I have become certified in hypnotherapy to complement Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy training which was my focus during graduate work in college. I have also intensively studied attachment-based approaches such as Theraplay and their applications with traumatized youth and parents.  

Healing traumatic experiences changes lives of individuals and their families who then effect our communities. I believe we all deserve a healthy living environment, including the one within ourselves. 

Please give me a call or email me for a free consultation.