Begin Again
Begin Again
Begin again
holistic, online counseling for individuals
Therapist
Therapist
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the states of Tennessee and Missouri, and I provide online counseling to individuals in these states. My practice is dedicated to helping individuals become their best selves by journeying alongside them through the healing process. Click here to learn more.
Approach
Empowering my clients to engage and transform the world through their unique strengths is key to my work. My hope is that our work together can reignite those things that bring you the most joy and life. Often this process involves working through the impact of loss, pain, trauma, and various forms of oppression in a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship. I would love to accompany you on this journey.
My therapeutic work is heavily informed by humanistic and existential perspectives of psychotherapy and I am influenced by the work of Carl Rogers and Irvin D. Yalom. I am also trained in EMDR therapy, which is a type of therapy specifically designed to treat trauma. In addition, I have a history of working with grief, loss, and bereavement issues.
Services
The services listed here are exclusively available via face-to-face, online counseling sessions using secure videoconferencing software. Online counseling is an innovative, convenient, and confidential way to engage in counseling from the comfort of your own home or office.
Please call 615-988-0122 for more information.
Therapy
I currently work with clients who are 18 and older, and I specialize in the following areas:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Stress
- Trauma
- Spiritual Wounding
- Relationship Issues
- Codependency
- Sexuality
- Sexual Orientation
- Gender Identity
- Women's Issues
- Anger
- Life Adjustment
- Grief and Loss
Social Work Licensure Supervision
In addition to being a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), I am also certified to supervise social workers who are working toward their LMSW or LCSW. Please contact me if you are interested in pursuing supervision toward your clinical social work license.
Professor
Professor
I love teaching and mentoring students, and I take great pride in coming alongside others on their social work journey. I teach numerous social work classes in both micro and macro practice.
My research interests include:
Health disparities among under-served populations
International social work
Women’s health and mental health
Spirituality and mental health
Psychosocial oncology
Qualitative research
I completed my PhD at Washington University in St. Louis where I was an NIMH pre-doctoral fellow and the recipient of the American Cancer Society Doctoral Training Grant for four years. To see a list of publications, presentations, and to learn more about my research, please click here to see my CV.
Misfit
Misfit
“Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people.”
Misfit. Kind of a strange thing to mention about yourself on the web, huh? I bring this up because this one word actually has a lot to do with my approach to social work and my understanding of the field. After finishing my PhD, instead of initially pursuing the traditional academic path, I spent a number of years traveling to some of the most remote villages in Mozambique, Africa working on various humanitarian projects. My peers thought I was nuts. As the Associate Director of the Mozambique Initiative, I oversaw the drilling of safe water wells, the building of schools for children, and the care of orphans and widows throughout this beautiful but impoverished country. I blogged about this experience and I had a blast documenting this journey. These blogs are now here on my website and help to tell my story. I'm not sharing this information to look like a saint - far from it - I'm simply sharing this because these experiences have shaped my world view, my professional goals, and my approach to working with clients.
Misfit:
a person whose behavior or attitude sets them apart from others in an uncomfortably conspicuous way.
a person who is not suited or is unable to adjust to the circumstances of his of her particular situation.
I think that anyone who claims to be a pursuer of justice falls into this misfit category. Anyone who is striving to live authentically and give of themselves is set apart from the mundane. Those of us who are aware of the conditions of poverty throughout our world naturally become unable to adjust ourselves to these particular, live-the-American-dream-while-turning-a-blind-eye circumstances in which we live. We are not suited to ignore the reality of suffering for the benefit of our own comfort. We are also not suited to live blindly, numbly, and without passion. My hope is that my life shines in ways that are set apart and even uncomfortable sometimes. I want my actions to center on radical love and humble service in order to demonstrate and bring about social justice in a world that desperately needs a few more misfits.