Therapists in Jefferson Davis Parish, LA

Embark on an exhilarating expedition towards transformation with me as your fearless guide. Together, we'll navigate the rugged terrain of your emotions and relationships, uncovering hidden pathways towards positive change. Drawing from a treasure trove of modalities like mindfulness, meditation, and emotionally focused therapy, I'll equip you with the tools to conquer life's challenges. Whether you're battling the aftermath of betrayal or navigating the stormy seas of marital discord, I offer a lifeline of hope and renewal.

It takes courage to ask for help, especially from someone you don't know. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and clinical pastoral counselor, I work with individuals, couples and families to resolve common human problems. I believe you will benefit from the clinical competence, experience and maturity gained from more than forty years in practice, and will quickly realize I sincerely care about you. When you reach out to me, I will do my best to respond promptly, without your waiting too long for an appointment. Don't be surprised if I personally answer the phone.

I specialize in helping couples overcome infidelity. Rebuilding trust and intimacy is possible with the right tools. I would love the opportunity to help you save your relationship from failure. Only 1 in 4 couples will survive if they wait and do nothing. I have helped couples get through just about every problem you can imagine. From infidelity to selfishness, and everthing you can imagine.

I see counseling as a process in which you the client, and the Counselor, come to understand and trust each other, work as a team, and develop goals to improve life, in which you the client will be successful in achieving the best results possible.

Feeling nervous or sad? Having a difficult time adjusting, sleeping or concentrating? Relationship issues? Stressed at home or work? Sports performance or other performance related anxiety? Does your marriage need some support? Looking for a therapist that will provide you with high quality mental health services? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you have found your perfect therapist!

Marital, family, and individual struggles impact our day-to-day lives and important moments. Counseling during difficult times can greatly increase our ability to improve the situation and gives us confidence to do so without requiring years of therapy. I work with adolescents, adults, couples, and families facing many difficult issues such as Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, difficulty adjusting to Life Circumstances, Infidelity, Panic, Poor Communication, Relationship Problems, Self-Harm/Thoughts of Self-Harm, Feelings of Discontent, Unhealthy Patterns of Behavior, and General Unhappiness.

In life things don’t always turn out the way we’d hoped. We didn’t get that degree we said we were going to get, marriage or relationships didn’t last, our loved ones passed away, and we just might feel stuck. How do we make sense of life again? How do we achieve our goals when they seem so out of reach? How do we create a happy life for ourselves.

I have been practicing as a psychotherapist for 30 years and I very much enjoy my work. My goal is to help people with healing, and in so doing help them to live a more joyful and meaningful life. I have years of experience helping clients address and recover from many different issues. I work with emotional wounds that are often at the core of issues that clients bring to me, and with healing trauma including religious trauma. I have found that when these wounds can be addressed in a safe environment, healing can take place. I work with adults of all life stages, with adolescents, children, with individuals, families and groups.

Are you looking for effective professional mental health counseling you can trust and know will guide you through where you are to where you are hoping to find yourself? Be assured, we can help! Our therapists help make sense of where you are and how you arrived there. We'll journey together toward finding hope and healing so that you can live a healthy, content, and meaningful life. Whether you are struggling with depression, anxiety, grief, anger, PTSD, spiritual matters, sexual abuse, physical abuse, marriage conflicts, addiction, or repeating the same behavioral patterns of self-destruction, there is HOPE for living healed.

For over 40 + years I have been an advocate for children and families in need of mental health services. It has been gratifying to provide a milieu of services that has effectively met the needs of my clients. The knowledge I have acquired has been recognized by the Office of Juvenile Justice, Department of Children and Family Services, and Family Roads as a sound clinical practice. I have successfully implemented Parenting and Fathering Models which have had a micro and macro impact on service delivery in Louisiana.

I specialize in working with individuals, couples, and families in transitional seasons of life involving anxiety, depression, relationship issues, parenting challenges, perinatal mental health, and trauma. At the root of humanity is the need for connection. My goal is for you to feel empowered, supported, and heard in the safety of the therapeutic space. I look forward to supporting you in discovering your strengths, processing stressors, grieving losses, learning coping skills, and growing personally. You are in control of your healing journey, I am simply holding space to facilitate it.

I combine person-centered, reality therapy, and emotion-focused theories in my individual practice. In marriage/couples therapy, I employ the Gottman Method of Couples Therapy. I highly value the therapeutic relationship, emphasizing rapport-building and supporting clients in developing their potential. I believe in the resilience of the human spirit and promote my clients' power of choice when facing challenges. I aim to enhance introspection, reflection, and self-awareness, empowering clients to navigate their past, present, and future with hope and empowerment despite life's trials.

Families and children are my primary concern. I assist families to be the best possible families they can be. I enjoy working with clients of all ages concerning issues across life. I use family systems approach to family/marital /relationship therapy. I work with individuals, couples, families, blended families and divorced families. I use various treatment modalities including: cognitive behavioral therapy, conflict resolution, and family/life coaching., The best interest of the child is always the primary goal.

We commend you for making the right choice for you, to create the life that you desire by working through whatever concerns or challenges that you may be experiencing. We know that sharing intimate details about your life may be challenging, but it will be our pleasure to help you navigate your way through this process. We have over 30 years of combined experience. We have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, couples counseling, life skills development, parenting issues, career planning and coaching, ADHD, substance abuse, Military issues/concerns, sexual assault & PTSD.