After graduating with my doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Texas A&M University in 1998, I moved to Boston, MA to complete a clinical internship at the Harvard Consortium and Brockton VA Hospital, where I learned how to work with couples and families who struggled with Substance Abuse & Trauma. 

 

Afterwards, I returned back home to Texas and helped open and run an on-site Employee Assistance Program for a Fortune 500 company, providing individual counseling to employees and their family members, conducting motivational workshops and developing management training and team building seminars. 

 

With that training and experience, I was able to open up my own practice in 2004, specializing in Couples Therapy, Executive Coaching, Trauma Processing, and Recovery work.

 

In the past, I have taught at The University of Texas in Austin, The University of Texas in San Antonio, and St. Edward's University. I have taught classes on Marriage and Family Systems, Counseling Theories, Counseling Skills and Techniques, and Adult and Child Development in addition to practicums at the graduate level.

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In my practice, I have been known to use Music, Literature, and Film as a powerful way to understand and connect with my clients. Over the years, I have become enlightened and humbled by my clients' strength and courage as they share their favorite authors and artists' work.

 

I share my own personal list with you as a way for you to understand what inspires me:

 

Books

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• Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

• Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

• Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

• Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

• Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

• Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

• Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

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Music

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• Indigo Girls, "Love Will Come to You"

• Peter Gabriel, "Don't Give Up"

• Blue October, "Home"

• Mary J. Blige, "Just Fine"

• Pink, "The Great Escape"

• Sara Bareilles, "She Used to Be Mine"

• Noah Kahan, "Orange Juice"

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Film & TV

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• This is Us

• The Bear

• A Nice Indian Boy

• Good Will Hunting

• Breaking Bad

• Dead Poets Society

• Say Anything

• The Sopranos

• Ted Lasso