I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.  I have 10+ years’ experience working with children and families for Child Protective Services, specializing in foster care, clinical services, and adoptions.  I am qualified under the Texas Family Code to conduct private Adoption Evaluations and approved to do so by the district court judges in Denton County, Texas.  My expertise is parent-child relationships, blended families, trauma/maltreatment history, anxiety, self-esteem, and emotional regulation.  My style is compassionate, authentic, and direct when needed.  My practice is informed by family systems and solution focused models.  

I work with adolescents, young adults, and parents to help strengthen individual and family functioning.   I know that personal experience and perception molds each person into who they are, therefore, I regard the client as the expert on their life.  I strive to create a comfortable environment and establish a secure therapeutic relationship that allows us to explore areas of concern.  I seek to help you make decisions and find solutions by identifying realistic, practical, and achievable goals.  Treatment is aimed to make changes by improving mindfulness, breaking dysfunctional thinking patterns, and empowering desirable behavioral to strengthen personal or family functioning. 

General information about me:

I am a Texas native and grew up in North Fort Worth.  I graduated from Fossil Ridge High School (Keller, Texas), earned by Bachelor of Science in Family Studies from Texas Woman’s University (Denton, Texas), and earned by Master of Social Work degree from the University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, Texas).  I am current on my continued education training required by the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners for my license. 

I am a resident of Denton County, Texas.  I am happily married and have two school aged children who are highly active in sports and extracurriculars!  I am a Christian and a member of a non-denominational Christian church in Argyle, Texas.  I enjoy an active lifestyle and love being outdoors when the weather permits.  I would describe myself as a faith driven person who loves to travel, spend time with my family, socialize with my friends, and one who truly cares about the well-being others.

*Christian counseling services are available upon request.