Licensed Clinical Social Worker
LCSW/LICSW
Guiding Hope offers therapy services for teens and adults, focusing on addressing issues related to LGBT folks, ADHD, anxiety, & depression.
Client Status
360-207-4504
4001 Main Street, Suite 120
Vancouver, WA 98663
Rate: $160-$170
Provides free initial consultation
Practicing Since: 2017
Languages: English, Español
I am here to help! With years of experience working with people just like you, I can help you start to put the pieces back together. Using a collaborative approach, I have been able to help clients with ADHD, Anxiety, and Depression develop a plan to guide the process. Additionally, I have education and lived experience helping those in the LGBTQ+ community.
Specialties
I often use a therapy approach called Internal Family Systems (IFS), which is centered around the idea that we all have different internal parts or aspects of ourselves that interact in ways that can be helpful or harmful. These parts can be like voices within us. For example, some parts might constantly overthink things or criticize us, thinking they're protecting us from possible harm.
Specialties
As a self-identified gender-nonconforming pansexual person, I know from personal experience how hard it is to fit in when it feels like others are judging you. Sometimes having someone to talk to is the most helpful thing for you. I have had training on how to work with LGBTQ+ clients, provide gender affirming assessments and letters for medical intervention, and it is my passion to work with people in the Queer community.
As a neurodivergent therapist, I am keenly aware of the challenges of ADHD on attention, getting tasks done, and paying things on time, as well as the shame that comes with these challenges. I utilize CBT, DBT, and IFS to help with these challenges.
Sometimes it feels like your heart is pounding, thoughts race, and the world is coming to an end even when you are perfectly safe. Anxiety is a specialty of mine and using parts work as well as mindfulness techniques, as well as other methods, Anxiety is a treatable condition.
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