I provide to my clients faith-filled, trustworthy, professional therapy that cares for your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being. I am a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. I have years of experience as a professional counselor with a wide variety of issues, such as trauma healing, grief, anxiety, depression and other losses.
Traumas come in all "sizes". You may have experienced a one time severe tragedy or abuse. You may have endured years of sexual, physical and emotional abuse. You may have also experienced what others may see as typical childhood and family difficulties but you still find yourself stuck in unhealthy thinking and behaving and unhealthy relationships. Whatever the T(t)trauma there is hope.
Please contact me to assist you with finding new solutions to problems in your personal life or with your family.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Master’s of Science in Community Counseling. I am a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional trained specifically in counseling for trauma, crisis, grief, and loss. Dawn of Mercy, which I co-founded, is a non-profit that helps provide healing to survivors of sexual assault/abuse. We offer 10-week healing groups, 3 day retreats, and trauma informed counseling referrals. Over the course of the past 20 years I have ministered and worked within the Catholic Church in Adult Faith Formation including as an RCIA Director, Family and Adult Ministry Associate Director, Adult Faith Formation Coordinator, as a counselor,as a ProLife Speaker with the Catholic Pro Life Community, a Confirmation Teacher, and served as a Procurator Advocate and Marriage Readiness Assessor for the Dallas Diocese Marriage Tribunal. In addition to my Master's degree training and continuing education as a counselor I have completed 3 years of the UD School of Ministry Biblical School and have taken numerous courses through the U Dayton online Catechist Certification program.
I presently practice counseling through my private practice, Faithful ChangesCounseling, PLLC.
Faithful Changes Counseling, PLLC came to be out of an increasing awareness of knowledge, skill, interest, and needs combined with the reality that there are a lot of people struggling through various circumstances longing for a change in their life that will last. Faithful changes can be made for you that will last a lifetime. The mission of Faithful Changes Counseling, PLLC is to help clients find new ways of journeying through their life circumstances drawing upon scientifically and spiritually sound therapeutic methods. My job is to help you be your own best helper relying on a true understanding of who you are, what you are responsible for, new skills and information, and a trust that you are not on this journey alone. To make faithful changes in your life requires ALL of who you are. With Faithful Changes Counseling, PLLC your body, mind, and your soul receive equal dignity and attention.
Saint Paul teaches us that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us, yet it is nice to have someone share in our troubles. It is okay to ask someone to help you with whatever you are working through. I'm here to help.
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