Counseling and Therapy Specialties

Located in a comfortable, private office with easy access, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, I provide a safe and confidential place for you to come and to be yourself.  A place where you can ask those questions that you might be too embarrassed or hesitant to ask someone else.  I am emotionally present, responsive, have a calming nature, and I listen carefully and without judgment to help you find solutions that you may have been unable to find on your own.

Counseling sessions are a place to explore your relationships, find clarification to something that may be confusing to you, and come to a better understanding of yourself. My focus is very positive, and my belief is that human beings are very resilient.  I seek to understand what is most important for you to work on so that your experience with counseling is successful.

As a Licensed Counselor I can help through:

	Christian Counseling God wants our future to be better than our past. He want us to move forward with encouragement and to focus on the hope of what is ahead. We are all seeking direction, comfort and wisdom along the journey in life. As you face trials, heartaches and uncertainty, christian counseling can uncover how your life can be enriched when you challenge yourself to live from the deeper place within.
	Marriage Counseling We all long for a secure, faithful, lasting, passionate and trusting marriage. Without the proper knowledge and skills, relationships can become unfulfilled or conflicted over time. Learn to create, improve and maintain a loving and healthy marriage. Marriage counseling can increase emotional and physical intimacy.
	Pre-Marriage Counseling Discover the necessary elements to sustain a healthy, vital marriage, and become pro-active in preventing an unhappy marriage or divorce.
	Grief and Loss Counseling There are various forms of heartaches and trials in life, whether it is the death of a loved one, and injury or illness that is impacting your life, the loss of a relationship, pet, job, or even a relocation to a new city. Grief and loss counseling will help learn to manage difficult emotions with integrity. Discover new coping skills, hope and ways to increase healthy self-care.
	Life Balance and Wellness Counseling Is all of the activity that clutters your life helping or hurting you? You may have more money, more choices, but perhaps less time to do what nurtures your well being, and less time to spend with those who invigorate you. Learn proven techniques for managing stress, and begin to feel that you are thriving, not just surviving in life.
	Depression/Anxiety Counseling Learn to experience joy again. Let go of old fears and barriers. Depression and anxiety counseling will help you to replace self-destructive thoughts or habits with self-empowering thoughts or habits. While medications can have a very useful place in the treatment of certain types of depression and anxiety, there can be many causes for depression and anxiety that are successfully treated without the use of any medication.
	Self-Esteem Counseling Discover how to overcome negative thinking or critical self-judgment and begin to learn how to set personal boundaries with others.

Get help today

If you’re ready to make the next step in finding answers and solutions, please contact me by Landline phone at 319-550-1621 or by text at: 319-343-6371 for more information or to request an appointment.