Mental Health Counseling
&
Leadership Coaching
Every Person Deserves Well-being
Every person deals with mental health challenges at various points in life. I believe that every person who invests in psychotherapy, mental health counseling, or leadership coaching benefits from the process and the time it takes to move toward greater well-being. Those who invest themselves in this confidential therapeutic space will discover insights for healing and resilient growth through the deepest and most vulnerable of one’s thoughts, emotions, and experiences. As a professional counselor and coach, I am genuinely committed to the well-being process for my clients.
Counseling & Consultation
In private practice as a mental health counselor (counseling psychologist), my approach to psychotherapy is integrative. This means I seek to support each client with psychotherapeutic approaches that most meet the individual needs of the client. Whether cognitive behavioral therapy, existential therapy, systemic therapy, person-centered therapy, or another approach, I am committed to helping each client discover ways toward resilient well-being. Essentially, this means the client will discover meaning, purpose, and healing through the process of therapy by what the client brings to the “here and now” of each therapy session. I offer English counseling services for adults, adolescents, or children.
Your Counselor
I am from the United States, but I am currently based in Greece and Bulgaria as I serve international clients through online and hybrid counseling options. With 3000+ hours of counseling experience in hospitals, private practice, and group counseling settings, I serve clients as a mental health counselor, psychotherapist, leadership coach, or as an educational consultant.
Education has been an integral part of my professional training. Holding graduate degrees with high honors in Counseling Psychology & Psychotherapy, Educational Leadership, and Theological Studies, I work with individuals, small groups, and communities to help facilitate experiences for well-being and leadership growth.
I have also had the privilege of serving 10 years as a professional educator (5 years at international schools). This experience positions me to better serve clients, students, parents, families, educators, leaders, and those in people-helping professions. I offer psychotherapy services in English for adults, adolescents, or children.
Presentations, Professional Training, Publications, & Seminars
2003
Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis Graduate Program
East Tennessee State University
Becoming a Total Athlete
Stellenbosch, South Africa (2005)
Sofia, Bulgaria (2007, 2011, 2012)
Chicago, Illinois (2007, 2011, 2012)
2017
Theological Studies & Cross-cultural Leadership Program
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
July 2018
“Needs of Helpers for People-Helping Professionals”
Johnson City Medical Center, Clinical Pastoral Education Training
January 2019
“Needs of Helpers: Are We Surviving or Thriving?”
Anglo-American School of Sofia, Professional Development
May 2021
Clinical Case Conceptualization
The American College of Greece
July 2021
Counseling Psychology & Psychotherapy Graduate Program
The American College of Greece
July-September 2021
“The Effects of Community Belonging and Collective Resilience on Psychological Distress During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Bulgaria and Greece”
Thesis Defense, The American College of Greece
Lecture for Colloquy Communities
March 2022
“Cross-cultural Life & Interpersonal Relationships”
Colloquy Communities
April 2022
“Third Culture Kids (TCK’s) & Expat Life”
Colloquy Communities
November 2023
“World Religions, Beliefs, & Cultural Expressions: An Interfaith Dialogue”
Colloquy Communities
2021-2023
Primary Years Program and Middle Years Program for International Baccalaureate School Curriculum
Pinewood American International School
2021-Present
Psychological Education for Well-being & Leadership: A Series of Online Learning Communities for Mental Health and Personal Growth
Colloquy Communities