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You don't have to figure it all out alone; together, we'll explore the patterns keeping you stuck, strengthen your emotional resil...
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You don't have to figure it all out alone; together, we'll explore the patterns keeping you stuck, strengthen your emotional resilience, and build a life that feels more connected, balanced, and authentic.
Dedicated to working with individuals of all ages, I focus on collaboratively uncovering each person's inherent strengths and talents. I am passionate about helping clients craft new life stories that highlight their perseverance and resilience in overcoming life's challenges. I hold a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Nevada Las Vegas and a master's degree in social work from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
My clinical practice draws from DBT, Narrative Therapy, and ACT, all within a trauma-informed, strength-based framework. Our first meeting is a collaborative space designed for comfort and clarity. We'll spend our time getting to know each other, discussing what brings you to therapy, and gently outlining your goals.
My style is person-centered, emphasizing the importance of human connection and holding space for people to explore themselves and their needs in a safe and affirming environment.
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No one lives in a box, and I look at the entire person which means how physical health and environment impacts and interplays with...
No one lives in a box, and I look at the entire person which means how physical health and environment impacts and interplays with mental health.
My path to becoming a psychiatric nurse practitioner was different than most. I completed my bachelor's degree and floundered, not finding a career that felt right before returning to school to become a nurse, then nurse practitioner. Throughout school, I was the go-to person when others needed someone to listen, so mental health and psychiatry felt like the obvious choice. I have worked in a variety of settings, from the corrections to mental health crisis centers. I began working as a psychiatric NP in 2013, with extensive experience in serious mental illness, addiction, depression, anxiety, and substance use within my own family.
As a nurse practitioner I incorporate my insight from all my various life experiences and work settings to create an individualized plan that addresses the patient as a whole person, not just their mental health medication. My goal is to help someone feel better and have a better quality of life.
Each of my patients is an individual to me, with their own life, stressors, and challenges—but also their own skills and strengths. I want to focus on the positives and moving forward in reaching healing and recovery, not just in mental health but also life in general.
As a nursing professional working in the health care field since 2007, I understand the importance of mental health and wellness a...
As a nursing professional working in the health care field since 2007, I understand the importance of mental health and wellness and how it affects every person, directly or indirectly, at some point in their lives.
I am a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) with 8 years of experience in the nursing profession. I specialize in outpatient mental health care for adults and have worked across medical-surgical, home health, cardiology, and psychiatric settings. I am passionate about increasing access to mental health care, particularly for individuals facing barriers to services, and supporting overall mental wellness.
I earned my Doctor of Nursing Practice with a psychiatric mental health focus from Idaho State University. My approach is holistic and patient-centered, integrating medication management with psychotherapy, lifestyle support, and wellness strategies to promote balanced mental health outcomes.
I strive to create a supportive and collaborative space where you feel heard, valued, and empowered in your care. Together, we will focus on your goals, strengths, and overall well-being. I would be honored to partner with you on your mental health journey and invite you to schedule an appointment when ready.
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My go-to approach in helping people in grief and loss counseling is verbal processing combined with CBT techniques to help create realistic and compassionate perspectives about loss. I also enjoy using metaphors, narrative techniques, and journaling, as well as therapeutic art because accessing extremely painful losses and the emotions around that loss can be difficult. Creative techniques allow the client to approach the material from a safer and sometimes more effective perspective.
I teach the following tools in grief and loss counseling: acceptance, healthy emotional expression, acknowledging the complex and complicated emotions that accompany grief and loss, understanding the grief process, and working to integrate the experience into the client's life in a meaningful way.
I see clients making meaningful progress when they begin moving out of behaviors defined by grief and loss and into a more integrated life where grief and other associated emotions are accompanied by moments of joy and appreciation of the loss and the life they still have.
Clients can supplement their time in grief and loss counseling with journaling; engaging in behavioral homework (which admittedly is difficult when you're hurting); and creating connections with their community (however they define it), the loss of the person or situation which triggered the grief, and their inner selves.
To prepare for their first grief and loss counseling session, a client can begin keeping track of the timeline for the loss and accompanying grief, their emotions, and in what ways the loss has impacted their lives. I hope clients understand that this counseling is not going to minimize their loss or help them “get over it” — we don't “get over” grief. Instead, we work with it until the edges are less raw and we learn to live in spite of it, as it becomes integrated with who we are.
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 Meridian, ID 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 Meridian, ID 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 & Therapy Meridian near the intersection of South Baltic Place and East Franklin Road, off Interstate 84, next to Meridian Cemetery Park and near the Meridian City Hall. The office is in a single-story modern stucco and stone office building. Enter through the front door to access Suite 150.
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