Quiet the critical voice that has held you in bondage far too long.
Counseling Issues
Eating Disorders
Many people assume eating disorders are only about food, weight, or appearance, but they often run much deeper. Conditions such as anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, orthorexia, and ARFID — and patterns like emotional eating and struggles with body dysmorphic disorder — can become ways of coping with distress, anxiety, or a sense of lack of control. The eating disorder is rarely the core problem; for the sufferer, it is the solution to a problem. My work focuses on helping clients gently understand what the eating disorder is “doing for them,” while building healthier coping strategies, strengthening self-worth, and challenging the messages of diet culture.
You may need support if you find yourself asking questions like:
Do I spend a significant amount of time thinking about food, calories, weight, or my body?
Do I feel guilty, anxious, or out of control after eating?
Am I constantly dieting, restricting, or trying to “make up” for what I ate?
Is my self-worth heavily tied to my weight, appearance, or eating habits?
Please reach out if you answered yes to any of these questions. You don’t have to “look sick enough” to deserve help. Healing is possible, and support can help you build a healthier, more peaceful relationship with food, your body, and yourself.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
OCD is much more than being organized, clean, or detail-oriented. OCD can feel exhausting and isolating — especially when intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors begin to take over daily life.
You may want to explore support if you find yourself asking questions like:
Do I experience unwanted thoughts, images, or fears that feel distressing or difficult to control?
Do I seek reassurance, check things repeatedly, research excessively, or mentally review situations to feel certain or “safe?”
Do I feel trapped in cycles of overthinking, doubt, guilt, or “what if” fears?
Do my thoughts or rituals take up a significant amount of time or interfere with my relationships, work, school, or peace of mind?
OCD can show up in many ways — including fears around contamination, relationships, religion, morality, harm, health, responsibility, or other intrusive thoughts that feel frightening or confusing. Many with OCD feel ashamed of their thoughts and worry they mean something about who they are. They do not.
With the right support and approach, OCD is highly treatable. I love to help clients learn how to respond differently to intrusive thoughts, reduce compulsions, and gain freedom from the cycle of fear and uncertainty.
Anxiety
Anxiety is more than simply “worrying too much.” It can feel constant, exhausting, and difficult to turn off — affecting your thoughts, body, relationships, sleep, and ability to fully enjoy life. Many people with anxiety appear high functioning on the outside while internally feeling overwhelmed and on edge.
Counseling may help if you ask yourself questions like:
Do I constantly overthink conversations, decisions, or worst-case scenarios?
Do I feel tense, restless, irritable, or unable to fully relax?
Do I avoid certain situations because they make me anxious?
Do I struggle with racing thoughts, difficulty sleeping, or feeling mentally “on” all the time?
Do I put a lot of pressure on myself and feel like my mind never truly slows down?
Anxiety can show up in different ways — including excessive worry, perfectionism, people-pleasing, health anxiety, or social anxiety — and become isolating and emotionally draining over time.
Therapy can help you better understand your anxiety, calm the cycle of fear and overthinking, and develop healthier ways to respond to stress so you can experience more peace, confidence, and freedom.
Teaching & Training
I’m grateful for opportunities to provide workshops, trainings, and educational speaking for churches, schools, counseling practices, and other groups who want to better understand eating disorders and the people affected by them.
Some of the topics I teach on include:
common and hard-to-identify eating disorder symptoms
different types of eating disorders
possible causes and contributing factors
how these struggles can impact individuals and families
what treatment and recovery can look like
I also approach these topics from a Christian perspective, with a desire to offer both clinical knowledge and biblical hope in a compassionate, thoughtful way.
My hope is not simply to provide information, but to help people feel more equipped to recognize when someone may be struggling and respond with greater wisdom, understanding, and care. Trainings can be adapted depending on the audience, whether for ministry leaders, parents, educators, students, or mental health professionals.
I also work with women struggling with a wide range of other mental health disorders, including:
Depression
Phobias
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Additionally, I counsel clients through difficulties that don’t necessarily come with an official diagnosis but are just as real and challenging:
Emotional struggles - such as perfectionism, shame, feelings of worthlessness, purposelessness, guilt, sadness, loneliness, bitterness and anger
Behavioral struggles - such as self-harm, suicidal thinking, and sexual promiscuity
Various challenges of life - such as marriage conflict, unfaithfulness of a spouse, grief, chronic illness, and parenting
Health at Every Size (HAES)
Intuitive Eating
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
Strengths-Based Approach
Trauma-Informed Therapy
Narrative Therapy
