Looking for extra support and guidance through a challenging situation or ready to move in a new direction in your life? It is my goal to help you move beyond difficult situations in your life to reach your full potential. By applying therapeutic approaches and techniques, long-standing behavior patterns or negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life can be addressed.
Feeling empowered and being on a positive path of growth and well-being are very important. I look forward to working with you to achieve your goals.
Feeling empowered and being on a positive path of growth and well-being are very important. I look forward to working with you to achieve your goals.
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I specialize in individual, couples, and family therapy and maintain a private practice in Valentine, NE. I have over 23 years experience as a therapist. I am a graduate of Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA and a private practitioner working with a broad spectrum of clients. My therapeutic approach is to provide support and practical feedback to help clients effectively address personal life challenges.
An addiction is a chronic disorder in which an individual is blinded by a substance, or engages in an activity, that gives them an immense amount of pleasure but has become detrimental to their everyday life. Compulsive behaviors and addictions can temporarily provide confidence, control, validation or other emotions lacking in one's life, but the behavior may not stop until the root of the problem is addressed.
Anger is one of our emotions. Used in a healthy way it is to motivate us to do something a situation. When it flares and spiral out of control it is unhealthy. Chronic, explosive anger is hard on your relationships, your health, and your state of mind. With insight about the real reasons for your anger, you can learn to keep your temper from causing problems in your life.
It is important to get help if you are experiencing anxiety that you cannot control. It can be persistent, overwhelming, interfere with your daily activities, and take over your life. Anxiety can be experienced in the following ways. Excessive and/or unrealistic worry that is difficult to control occurring more days than not for at least 6 months about a number of events or activities.
History of chronic or recurrent depression for which the client has taken antidepressant medication, been hospitalized, had outpatient treatment, or had a course of electroconvulsive therapy.
Exhibits an abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood with at least three symptoms of mania (i.e., inflated self-esteem or grandiosity, decreased need for sleep, pressured speech, flight of ideas, distractibility, excessive goal-directed activity or psychomotor agitation, excessive involvement in pleasurable, high-risk behavior).
Exhibits an abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood with at least three symptoms of mania (i.e., inflated self-esteem or grandiosity, decreased need for sleep, pressured speech, flight of ideas, distractibility, excessive goal-directed activity or psychomotor agitation, excessive involvement in pleasurable, high-risk behavior).
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