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As an individual, I bring both professional expertise and lived experience to the therapeutic process. I understand the profound e...
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As an individual, I bring both professional expertise and lived experience to the therapeutic process. I understand the profound emotional, psychological, and relational effects that adversity can have on an individual's well-being. I believe that while trauma may shape our stories, it does not have to define our future.
I am a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) dedicated to providing compassionate, evidence-based mental health care across the lifespan. I provide psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and supportive psychotherapy for adolescents, adults, and older adults. I work with clients experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, ADHD, mood disorders, grief and loss, stress, burnout, and life transitions. Seeking support is a courageous first step, and you don't have to navigate life's challenges alone. We'll work together to develop a treatment plan that aligns with your goals and values.
My approach includes psychoeducation and lifestyle interventions. My areas of clinical interest include anxiety disorders, depression, trauma and PTSD, ADHD, mood disorders, grief and loss, stress and burnout, and women's mental health. I have a strong interest in physical and mental health, including sleep, nutrition, hormonal balance, and overall wellness.
I offer a thoughtful, respectful, and collaborative partnership built on trust and communication. I believe in shared decision-making, ensuring treatment plans are personalized, evidence-based, and aligned with your values and goals. I am committed to helping clients build the skills, confidence, and resilience needed to thrive. I offer guidance and support.
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My go-to approach for helping people in grief and loss counseling is a mix of cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing. I prefer this method because I meet someone where they are in their grief (which can change daily). If they need to be angry, let's be angry; if they need to be sad, then let's be sad—let's better understand why we feel this way so we can come out better on the other side of it.
I teach clients to use mindfulness so they can understand how they are feeling and why they feel that way through the grief process. I also teach clients to utilize writing letters to those they have lost so they are able to better process and communicate the way they are feeling.
Grief can make it hard to see when meaningful progress is being made because it is not a linear process. Some days will be harder than others. I see meaningful progress when a client is better able to understand and communicate the way they are feeling regarding their grief, as well as having more time between moments of intense emotion.
Clients need a support network in place when going through grief. It is a hard process, and clients need people to talk to outside of their counseling sessions.
You can accept that you have feelings regarding your loss. This will help you become more willing to discuss your emotions around the loss and be open about them. Grief is a vulnerable topic to address, and it will be difficult at times.
Grief and loss counseling helps people grieve difficult losses including the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, or the end of a relationship. It helps people navigate their grief process and eventually accept, understand, and move forward from their loss. Thriveworks grief therapists in Frederick, MD have specific experience, training, and skills that enable them to best support grieving individuals.
Grief and loss counseling isn’t one-size-fits-all, but it involves sharing about your loss and then working with your counselor to acknowledge and accept your new reality in its wake. Your provider at Thriveworks in Frederick, MD will design your treatment plan around your unique needs and goals for therapy, applying the counseling techniques that best support them.
If you have recently experienced an event like the death of a loved one, a breakup or divorce, the loss of a job, or another major life change, then you may want to seek grief and loss counseling. Grief can be caused by many experiences and events, so if you feel that you are having trouble moving on from a certain event or find that it is still impacting your life and functioning, grief and loss counseling can help you process it more effectively so that you can move on and once again find fulfillment and satisfaction in your life.
There are many counseling theories for treating grief, one of the most frequently used being the dual process model of grief which helps people acknowledge who or what they’ve lost through rumination while also adjusting to the new roles and identities that this loss has now placed on them. There are also many commonly used therapy approaches used in grief and loss counseling, including Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and traumatic grief therapy.
Grief & loss counseling at Thriveworks is conducted both in person and online by video. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
For many, grief and loss counseling lasts for about 6 months. For others, it may last shorter or longer, depending on the severity of their loss and their grief.
Includes individual, couples, child/ teen, & family therapy
Includes reducing symptoms with medication & management
Thriveworks Counseling & Psychiatry Frederick is located in the Westview Village complex near Buckeystown Pike and Crestwood Blvd, off I-270. It is just a short distance from Monocacy National Battlefield and near the Francis Scott Key Mall.
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