My vision was to create a small boutique private practice with certified therapists, skilled in helping clients to live their best life.
I believe that everyone has a story that will break your heart. My goal is to provide a safe space to share yours. I am an experienced, professional counselor and I am licensed to provide counseling by the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners. I hold a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling, and I am also a National Certified Counselor. My practice is culturally sensitive, nurturing, compassionate, honest, respectful and geared towards solving your problems collaboratively. I offer daytime as well as evening and weekend appointments so please contact me to get scheduled. I look forward to working with you! Professional Affiliations and Specialized Training:
- American Counseling Association
- International Association of Marriage and Family Counseling
- National Board for Certified Counselors
- EMDR International Association
- Evergreen Certification Institute (Certified DBT Therapist)
- The International Center of Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT)
09/29/2025
💡 Did you know? Narcissists can mimic empathy, but usually when it benefits them.
🔹 Real empathy: listening, validating, and supporting without expecting anything in return.
🔹 Performative empathy: showing “care” only to gain trust, admiration, or control.
This is why interactions with narcissists can feel confusing, sometimes warm and caring, other times cold and dismissive.
✨ Key reminder: True empathy isn’t about what someone gets back, it’s about genuinely connecting with another person’s experience.
💬 Have you ever noticed the difference between real and performative empathy?
09/25/2025
Sometimes meditation looks like this… 🐱🪴
It’s not about perfect posture or sitting on a cushion for hours. It’s about:
✨ Slowing down
✨ Resting where you are
✨ Letting yourself just be
Your “meditation spot” can be anywhere - a quiet corner, your car before walking in the house, even a planter box if you’re a cat. 😉
💡 The goal isn’t perfection, it’s presence.
09/22/2025
It is possible to undo unhealthy relationship patterns and learn new healthy skills.
If you grew up in a dysfunctional family, you probably thought this was normal:
▪ Forgiving and forgetting (with no change in behavior)
▪ Moving on as if nothing happened
▪ Covering up problems for others
▪ Denying that a problem exists
▪ Keeping secrets that needed to be shared
▪ Pretending to be fine
▪ Not expressing your emotions
▪ Being around harmful people
▪ Aggression is how you get what you want
✨ Healing starts with awareness—and change is possible. You don’t have to keep repeating the patterns you grew up with.
💙 Therapy can help you build healthier skills, break free from dysfunction, and create relationships rooted in respect, safety, and care.
💡 Ever wonder why you cling in relationships or why you pull away? Attachment theory helps explain the patterns we repeat as adults.
Here are the 4 main attachment styles psychologists study:
1️⃣ Secure – Comfortable with closeness and independence.
✨ Tip: Continue practicing open communication and balance.
2️⃣ Anxious – Craves closeness, fears abandonment.
✨ Tip: Practice self-soothing and gently challenge fears of rejection.
3️⃣ Avoidant – Values independence, struggles with vulnerability.
✨ Tip: Work on allowing emotional intimacy, even when it feels uncomfortable.
4️⃣ Disorganized – Both craves and fears closeness; often linked to unresolved trauma.
✨ Tip: Seek safe, supportive relationships and professional guidance for healing.
🌱 Remember: Attachment styles are not permanent labels. With awareness and support, people can move toward secure attachment.
💬 Which of these feels most familiar to you?
09/15/2025
🧠➡️💪 Did you know your body often speaks the stress your mind can’t?
Anxiety and depression aren’t just “in your head” they can show up physically:
😴 Sleep disruption
🤕 Headaches & muscle tension
🤢 Stomach or gut issues
❤️ Racing heartbeat
🥱 Constant fatigue
✨ Mental health is health. When your body sends these signals, it’s asking you to slow down, reset, and care for your mind, too.
💬 Which of these stress signals do you notice most in yourself?
09/04/2025
Healing isn’t just about what happened to you.
It’s also about what’s happening within you.
Sometimes, we cling to patterns like overthinking, avoidance, or people-pleasing. Not because we want to suffer, but because those patterns once helped us survive.
But part of healing is being brave enough to ask:
✨ What am I holding onto that’s holding me back?
✨ What role do I play in my own pain?
This kind of honesty isn’t self-blame. It’s self-liberation.
When we see our part clearly, we also see our power to change.
08/31/2025
Meet the team at New Point of View Counseling 💬💚
We take a balanced and compassionate approach, using evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help you work through the challenges that bring you to therapy.
Whether you're struggling with disconnection in your relationships, facing obstacles in the bedroom, or having a hard time getting out of bed due to trauma, despair, loneliness, or anxiety, we’re here to support you. Our team is committed to helping you overcome sadness, frustration, and emotional blocks so you can reconnect with a life that feels meaningful and fulfilling.
Burnout doesn’t always announce itself with exhaustion.
Sometimes it looks like:
⚫️ Feeling numb where you used to feel joy
⚫️ Dreading texts from people you love
⚫️ Resenting everything, even things you chose
Burnout is slow grief. And you deserve rest before your body demands it.
In therapy, we explore what needs tending and what needs to be let go.
08/28/2025
You snap at someone you love.
Or shut down completely.
And then the shame creeps in: “Why am I like this?”
You’re not broken.
You’re overwhelmed.
Your nervous system is doing its best to protect you, even when it doesn’t look like it.
In therapy, we don’t just talk about feelings, we help you understand your body’s response to stress, so you can stop the cycle before it hijacks your day.
08/24/2025
Your partner will change. So will your friends, your kids, your colleagues, your siblings. We all evolve AND so do the people we love.
The real trap in any relationship is thinking you know someone "well enough" to stop paying attention.
Stay curious. Keep learning who they are right now, not who they were five years ago. Because you're not the only one growing.
Strong relationships are built on present connection, not outdated versions of each other.
08/21/2025
In our darkest moments, it’s hard to see the light. We get bogged down by negative thoughts and the very real pain we feel. While it’s important to validate our emotions, we cannot allow them to run the show. Emotions influence our behavior, whether positive or negative.
It takes effort and intention to remove the weight of those negative thoughts, but it is possible. Ask for the help you need. You are not alone, even if it feels that way.
If you want a better life, you must first believe it’s possible and be willing to work for it. You are stronger than you know, and you will get through this.
There is no shame in reaching out for help. If you're ready to take that step, we're here for you. Reach out today and let’s walk through the healing process together: https://newpointofviewcounseling.com/contact
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"Shame cannot survive being spoken and being met with empathy" Brene Brown.
I am an experienced, certified EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) and DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) therapist. I am licensed to provide counseling by the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners, in addition to being a Clinical Supervisor. I hold a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling, and I am also a National Certified Counselor. I am currently pursuing certification in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to treat couples.
I work primarily with adults (individuals and couples) and I offer both individual and group counseling to address your specific need. I specialize in treating relationship problems, trauma, codependency issues, depression, anxiety, mood disorders, life transitions, substance abuse, anger and communication problems. I am a certified trauma therapist using EMDR protocol to work with individuals struggling with physical, emotional and sexual trauma. I am a certified Dialectical Behavioral Therapist (DBT) specializing in treating Borderline Personality Disorder and others struggling with emotion dysregulation. I am extensively trained in EFT (Emotional Focused Couples Therapy) to address underlying emotions creating drama, repetitive argument, resentment, anger, frustration and isolation in relationships. I am experienced in treating mood disorders (CBT
My practice is focused on treating trauma, clients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), individual, couple and group therapy. We specialize in helping clients to uncover core issues and powerful programming rooted in the past that may be impacting choices and behavior in the present. The focus will be on helping you to achieve the mental health you want as we believe the quality of our mental health defines our lives. Together, we will work on issues contributing to anxiety, depression, poor self-esteem, intimate partner conflict, divorce, codependency, relationship problems, inability to regulate emotions, interpersonal relationship difficulties and chronic self-doubt issues.
My practice is culturally sensitive, nurturing, compassionate, honest, and respectful. Our desire is for you to feel welcomed and cared for. We believe in the power of empathy, and that we are here to hold a safe space for you; to feel with you, and to let you know that you are no longer alone. I consider it a privilege to hear your story and believe that you “owning your story is the bravest thing you’ll ever do.” Brene Brown. I offer daytime as well as evening and weekend appointments so please contact me to get scheduled. I look forward to working with you!
Professional Affiliations and Specialized Training:
- EMDR International Association
- Evergreen Certification Institute (Certified DBT Therapist)
- The International Center of Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT)
- American Counseling Association
- International Association of Marriage and Family Counseling
