What Shaped Me
I grew up in a Christian home and around a West Texas community of believers. In general, my identity was centered around being good, successful, perfect. I also found worth and stability in people. Not many things in my life threw off my ability to maintain this image and identity. There were some hard things - like crushing breakups, conflict, big emotions - but for the most part, I could "fix" or manage it all.

What Revealed Me
It wasn't until I went away to college that this identity was threatened for the first time. The biggest threat I faced was being alone - away from people who knew and "needed" me. I needed the Lord for the first time and that was the season of life (full of fears and tears) that built a real understanding of and connection to the Lord.

Although college forced me to lay down my dependence on people, it did not challenge my good, successful and perfect identity. Entering the workforce was a different story. I couldn't find a job as a teacher, so I had to change plans and move home. When I finally found a job, it wasn't full of the praise and perfection I was used to. I saw the ugliness of my heart as sin bubbled to the surface amidst stress and unmet expectations (cue the anger, doubts and anxiety). This was a season of humility where I truly began to see my need for a Savior. I wasn't "good" and couldn't work my way to righteousness.

I adjusted my expectations, yet still ran at a tiring pace to keep up my perfect and successful image. I muscled through grad school while working and moved to DFW to pursue school counseling. I finally fought my way into a position and found that it fed my identity very well. It was then that I met my husband and the Lord used him to show me that success and perfection do not give me worth.

What (or Who) has Begun Changing Me
The most substantial change has happened in the years since being married, having children and becoming a professional counselor. The Lord has used each of these things in my life to, not just threaten, but REMOVE my ability to keep up my perfect and successful image. He revealed my self sufficiency by showing me just how incapable and imperfect I am. I have found so much freedom in recognizing my limits and learning to trust and DEPEND on the Lord to be all that I am not. Praise the Lord he uses sin and suffering (both internal and external) to reveal our hearts and lead us to find hope and worth in Him alone.

Years in Practice
4 years as a school counselor
5 years as an Licensed Professional Counselor

Formal Education

• Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Child Development and Learning
• Master of Education in School Counseling

Populations Served
Children, Teens, and Adult Women
In-Person
Telehealth (at counselor’s discretion)

Client Issues

• Anxiety
• Anger
• Adoption
• Biblical Living
• Chronic Pain
• Depression
• Fear
• Grief and Loss
• Identity
• Infertility
• Marital stress
• Parenting
• Postpartum Depression/Anxiety
• Singleness/Loneliness
• Spiritual Abuse/Manipulation
• Stress
• Traumatic Events
• Worry

Fees
$135 for 50 minute session
$155 for Intake session

Availability
Tuesday: 9:30am - 3:30pm
Thursday: 9:30am - 3:30pm

Professional Organizations

• Association for Mental Health Professionals
• Christian Trauma Healing Network - Certified Christian Trauma Care Provider Level 1 (CCTCP-1)

Recommended Books

1. Shame Interrupted by Ed Welch
2. Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy by Mark Vroegop
3. Parenting by Paul David Tripp
4. When God Weeps by Joni Eareckson Tada

(See Recommended books page for more)