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1.   Pay attention to the small things.

2.   Change is possible and necessary.

3.   Setbacks and disappointments, like winning, are part of the formula for        success.

4.   People are empowered to achieve greatness to the extent they take              responsibility for their choices.

5.   Every lesson in life builds on the previous lesson.

6.   It's smart to ask for help if one doesn’t know.

7.   Do right to others, even when others do wrong to you. 

8.   Perspective, though limited, shapes everything.

9.   The right mentality can overcome any locality. 

10. Leaders lead by serving not by bullying.

11. In team, “me” must be balanced by “we”.

12. Look for and execute the win-win option. 

13. Family is foundational.

14. Faith is the key to moving mountains. 

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My therapeutic approach is holistic in terms of attention to body, mind, and spirit. My theoretical orientation is systemic which means I pay special attention to the connection between relationships to self, family, and social networks.  

I strategically utilize BSFT, relational therapy, solution-focused, cognitive-behavioral, experiential and structural techniques, psychodrama, and biblically-based psycho-education to create a highly personalized approach tailored to each therapy participant system.  In the therapy encounter, I provide compassionate and accountable support with practical feedback to help therapy participants work successfully through life challenges. Change occurs when our patterns of interacting with ourselves and others is more authentic, and more emotionally and relationally satisfying.   

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Care Settings: Experienced in multiple care settings with a passion for an integrated, continuum of care. Specifically, experience in the following levels of care: residential (detox), partial hospitalization, intensive out-patient, routine outpatient (office), in-home, and tele-mental health.  

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Clinical Niche: Providing Christian strength-based, trauma-informed care to individuals, couples, families, treatment groups, and professional workgroups; facilitating training workshops in the following areas: marriage, sexuality, family of origin, grief and loss, trauma,  uncoupling, blended families/step-families, chemical dependency, and trauma-informed care.

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Consulting Niche: Staff capacity building and systems change work with teams of multi-disciplinary (licensed and unlicensed) staff members working with families. 

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Congregational Niche:  Workshops in premarital discernment, covenant marriage, couple communication, blended families, infidelity, trauma, and grief/loss.