About

Thank you for your interest in learning more about my professional background. I am an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) in Texas with over 7 years of experience, CCATP (Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional), and TTS (Tobacco Treatment Specialist, certified by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center).

I enjoy working with individuals (children, adolescents, & adults), families, and groups, in both outpatient and inpatient settings. I also have several years of experience working with the U.S. Veterans (combat and non-combat).

Below is a brief description of my treatment experience:
Career counseling.
Development of treatment plans, including establishing short and long-term goals tailored to each individual’s concerns, issues, personal goals, past history, and current situation, etc.
Tobacco/nicotine-addiction treatment counseling.
Relationship and adjustment issues to life changes.
Trauma, PTSD, & anxiety.
Suicide prevention.
Bipolar disorder and depression.
Pain-injury cases.
Prior clinical research experience at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center/Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, the Menninger Clinic (affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the Texas Medical Center, Houston), Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Family & Community Medicine, and Thomas Street Health Center & Smith Clinic (Harris Health System).