05/23/2025
๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง: ๐ & ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐
๐: ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ?
I chose Marriage and Family Therapy because of how I grew up as well as how I view the world. I grew up a military dependent to an amazing mother and a narcissistic father. I had constant thoughts of wondering why my father was so emotionally abusive and why my mother stayed with him. As I got older, I learned about how there are people who study peopleโs minds and why they work the way they do. I became instantly hooked,d and after a minor setback in choosing the wrong career first, my mother encouraged me to pursue therapy. During my pursuit of my desired career and answers for my fatherโs personality, I found Marriage and Family Therapy. Marriage and Family Therapies foundation is to teach people not just about the individual but able their entire system that has influenced them in the past, influencing them in the present and how they may continue to be influenced in the future. It focuses on everything that surrounds that individual and helps them navigate all of the complex layers of life and for me that thinking just made sense. In my journey to becoming a therapist, I found the answers that my inner child yearned for and now I am honored to be able to help others find the answers that help them heal as well.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ?
In my spare time I mostly enjoy playing video games, but I also enjoy reading books (especially fantasy and manga), writing stories, and watching tv/anime.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐?v
The most rewarding part is when I get to see the subtle changes in my clients energy and mood as they begin finding their balance to life. Nothing makes me happier to be able to help my clients notice those changes and celebrate with them as their hard work is paying off.
๐๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐จ-๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฑ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฒ?
I have a few go-to ways to help me relax after a long day; sometimes I scroll through Facebook videos, watch anime, or play Skip-Bo while listening to music with my partner. On the weekends is when my bigger self-care occurs, and I juggle between my many different hobbies.
๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ฌ? ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ, ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ!
I have quite a few pets. My partner and I have 6 cats that fate
bestowed on us unintentionally. Our oldest is Tommy, he is an orange tabby who used to run our neighborhood. We moved him indoors a few years ago when he got beat up, and he has made himself very much at home,e constantly begging for belly pets. Our second oldest is Piggy, she is a tuxedo cat who gave us our other four babies. Piggyโs first baby is Bagheera who is an all black cat, who came strolling in behind mommy at 3 months old and claimed our home as his own. About 3 months later, Piggy had her next litter of kittens; there were 7 of them, in our closet at 2:30 in the morning. Two of those babies got sick, and we had to quarantine them and ended up bonding with them and decided to keep them, both of them were also all black cats named Lela and Nibbler. The others we gave away to some really good homes. Finally, we discovered that I was one week off in my math for how old
Bagheera was, and he got his mama pregnant with her last litter of
kittens. There were 4 kittens; 3 of the kittens sadly passed away, and we kept the one that survived. She is a gray tuxedo cat named Bitsy.
๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ?
Growing up with a father in the Air Force, I got the lovely opportunity to see some of the world whenever we ended up living
overseas. We lived in both Germany for a total of 6 years and Italy
for 4 years. I think Europe as a whole is a favorite because the
cultures are so beautiful and unique, and I could get lost in the history they hold. A place I never got a chance to visit while in Europe was the UK. I have some ancestors from England on my mother's side and would love to visit a little place called Blenkinsopp Castle, where some of my family hailed from.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ฏ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐๐?
As an avid reader, it is really hard for me to choose a best book, but something recent I have read that I greatly enjoyed was The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer. I grew up reading books like The Chronicles of Narnia, and this has a bit of a similar vibe.
A show that I recently found on Hulu that I have greatly enjoyed binge watching and is definitely on my favorites list is โWhat We Do in the Shadowsโ. It is a tv show about vampires who did not quite evolve with the changes of society and the antics they get into.
๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐จ๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?
Quotes are difficult choice for me, because I very much love
inspirational one-liners. I even have some of my own that I often use in sessions.
One of my go-toโs is: โSuccess is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that countsโ. This was written by Winston Churchill.
One of my favorite speakers is Maya Angelou. The way she uses
language has always connected with me; she has the most beautiful and inspiring words. You can tell she is someone with a beautiful soul meant to heal. Out of all the quotes that have inspired by Maya Angelou, I would have to put the following quote as one of my tops.
"You may not control all the events that happen to you,
But you can decide not to be reduced by them.โ
