MA, LPC-Associate, EMDR
Supervised by Tabi Westrbook, LMFT-S, LPC-S, EMDR, CCPT

Growth benefits include:

• Learning how to express feelings and needs in healthy ways
• Finding safe ways to get needs met
• Identifying and set limits that honor you and others
• Identifying what is uniquely you and what is not (thoughts, feelings, attitudes, choices, values, and actions) so you can make healthy choices
• Developing healthy responsibility without carrying the weight of responsibility that belongs to others
• Accepting and honoring the truth of good and bad realities
• Reducing the voice of self-criticism, guilt, and shame so you can handle appropriate feedback others without hanging on to what is harmful
• Establishing a sense of self with an adult voice that does not feel one-up or one-down from others

Treatment Specialties

• Emotional Abuse
• Spiritual Abuse
• Trauma | Complex Trauma
• Relationship Issues
• Spirituality
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Codependency
• Emotional Dysregulation
• Betrayal Trauma
• Foster parenting
• Grief
• Abuse (sexual, spiritual, emotional, psychological, narcissistic, financial)
• Emotionally Destructive Relationships
• Church Hurts
• Faith struggles
• Disordered Eating
• Foster Parenting

Treatment Approaches

• Townsend Competence and Character Growth Model
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Mindfulness
• Emotionally Focused Methods (AEDP, EFIT)
• Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI)
• Psychodynamic
• Trauma-Informed
• Motivational Interviewing
• Christian Counseling (Christian lens offered for clients who request it)
• Holistic

Education and Training:

• BS in Psychology at Mankato State University, MN
• MA in Counseling at Townsend Institute, Concordia University Irvine, CA
• LPC-Associate
• EMDR Trained
• Complex Trauma Certification (in process)