Mountain Haven Counseling
PTSD/Complex PTSD - Perinatal/Postpartum Distress - Anxiety - Depression - Body/Image/Food Relationship -Addictions
About Me.
I like my clients and I thoroughly enjoy helping them.
Each of us has a story. I like to understand one's story from an attachment lens and work our way outwards; meaning, how it got started, how you have formed relationships and how this style impacts you presently.
From a trauma lens, I am here to allow you space, learn compassion towards your self, and reduce/eliminate avoidance of the traumatic activators that dysregulate your system. The modalities I utilize to assist in this process are CPT, EMDR, IFS, Mindfulness, Nervous System Regulation, and Psychoeducation).
Licensure
License #12003
State of North Carolina
via NC Board of Licensed Mental Health Counselors
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Education
1999-2001
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO
Master of Arts in Human Development Counseling
1995-1999
Baker University
Baldwin City, KS
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Cum Laude
Continuing Education
- EMDR for Complex Trauma, 08/2026
- "Official Provider of CPT", conferred 06/2026
- 5 months of weekly group supervision for CPT 2025-2026
- 2 Day Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD (12/2005)
- 3-Day Dialectical Behavior Therapy Certification Training (07/2025)
- The Counseling Compact: The Time Is Near (05/2025)
- Clear Hurricane Helene Trauma to Promote Resilience and Facilitate Recovery (10/9/24)
- Internal Family Systems Level 1 (completed 09/14/2024).
- EMDR Flash Method (08/2024)
- EMDR (08 and 11/2023)
- EMDR & Parts Work for Treating Complex Trauma: Somatic Techniques to Decrease Defensiveness and Facilitate Trauma Processing (11/2023)
- Transgender & Gender Non-Binary (TGNB) Clients: Clinical Issues and Treatment Strategies (11/2023)
- Portland DBT Institute "Optimizing Eating Disorder Treatments with DBT" (10/2023)
- Integrative Trauma Somatic Therapy Program Certificate, 60 hours (12/2022)
- Internal Family Systems Therapy: Step-by-Step Procedures for Healing Traumatic Wounds and Alleviating Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, Addiction and More (03/2022)
- Internal Family Systems 6 month on-line Circle (2022)
- Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy via the Trauma Center of Boston (03/2015)
- Child Light Yoga, Level One (11/2015)
- International Association of Yoga Therapists Annual Convention (04/2013)
- Yoga and Mindfulness for the Treatment of Anxiety and Depression (02/2012)
- Very Best Treatment of ADHD and the Processing Disorders (04/2010)
- Motivational Interviewing: Overcoming Client Resistance to Change (04/2010)
- Harvard Medical School Conference: Treating the Addictions (03/2010)
- Disruptive Behavior Disorder Curriculum Training (03/2007)
- Annual HIV/AIDS Update: Overview for Substance Abuse Treatment (02/2007)
- Borderline Personality Disorder/DBT Training (01/2007)
- Systemic Family Therapy (08/2006)
- Mindfulness and Meditation for Clinicians (06/2006)
- Hepatitis 101: Overview for Substance Abuse Treatment Providers (02/2006)
- Treatment Outcomes: How to Measure Outcomes in Clinical Practice (10/2005)
- Self-Harm (10/2005)
- Critical Incident Reporting (09/2005)
- Non-violent Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) (04/2002)
- Sensitivity in Education Workshop (03/2002)