About
Are you feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected from yourself? Maybe you're struggling with anxiety, depression, past experiences such as trauma, or a major life transition—and despite your best efforts, you're finding it difficult to move forward. You don't have to navigate it alone.
I see therapy as a collaborative process—one where you can feel safe being honest, understood, and supported. Together, we'll explore the patterns, experiences, and challenges that may be keeping you stuck while developing practical tools and healthier ways of coping that align with your life and goals. My approach is individualized and draws from evidence-based therapies, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic Therapy, Trauma-Focused CBT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, and more.
As a mother and as a person who has experienced the complexities, transitions, and challenges that life can bring, I understand that being human is rarely straightforward. I bring that perspective into my work with warmth, compassion, and without judgment. I'm passionate about helping clients recognize their strengths, build resilience, and create meaningful change.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over a decade of clinical experience, including several years in private practice. My professional background includes working with adults and adolescents in inpatient hospital settings, as well as providing therapy to individuals involved with DCFS.
If you're ready to take the next step, schedule a complimentary 15-minute consultation to explore whether we may be a good fit.
You don't have to have everything figured out before reaching out.
Life can sometimes feel heavier than we expected. You may be feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or simply unsure of how to move forward. Perhaps you've been managing for a long time, but you're realizing that the way you've been coping isn't working anymore.
Therapy can offer a space to pause, breathe, and make sense of what you're experiencing. Together, we'll work toward understanding what's beneath the surface, building on your strengths, and creating meaningful change at a pace that feels right for you.
When worry, overthinking, or feeling constantly on edge begins to interfere with your ability to enjoy life, it can be difficult to know how to quiet your mind.
Therapy can help you understand the patterns contributing to your anxiety, develop effective coping strategies, and cultivate a greater sense of calm, confidence, and control.
Sometimes depression feels obvious. Other times, it looks like simply going through the motions while feeling disconnected from yourself.
If you're experiencing persistent sadness, low motivation, emotional exhaustion, or difficulty finding joy, therapy can provide a space to explore what you're experiencing, reconnect with yourself, and begin moving toward feeling better.
Our past experiences can shape the way we see ourselves, navigate relationships, and respond to the world around us.
Therapy provides a safe and compassionate environment to explore difficult experiences, understand how they may continue to affect you, and develop healthier ways of coping and moving forward.
You don't have to continue carrying the weight of your past alone.
Change can be difficult—even when it's a change you've chosen or something you've been looking forward to.
Whether you're navigating changes in relationships, career, family, identity, or another significant chapter of life, therapy can provide space to process what you're experiencing, gain clarity, and move forward with greater confidence.
Our relationships can be some of the most meaningful parts of our lives, but they can also be complicated.
If you're struggling with communication, boundaries, conflict, attachment, or recurring patterns in your relationships, therapy can help you better understand yourself and your relationships while developing healthier ways of connecting with others.
Maybe you find yourself questioning your decisions, putting everyone else's needs before your own, struggling to say no, or being much harder on yourself than you would ever be toward someone else.
Therapy can help you develop a stronger sense of self, build confidence, establish healthier boundaries, and create a more compassionate relationship with yourself.
When you're constantly balancing work, family, relationships, and the needs of others, it can become easy to lose sight of yourself.
Therapy offers a place to slow down and reconnect with what you need. Together, we can identify what's contributing to your stress and develop healthier, more sustainable ways of navigating life's demands.
Therapy should be personal—not one-size-fits-all.
I believe meaningful therapy begins with feeling heard, understood, and respected. Every person brings their own experiences, strengths, challenges, and goals into therapy, so I take an individualized and collaborative approach to treatment.
Rather than relying on a single therapeutic model, I draw from a variety of evidence-based approaches and tailor our work to what is most helpful for you. Together, we'll explore the concerns that brought you to therapy, identify patterns that may be keeping you stuck, build practical tools for navigating difficult emotions, and work toward the changes that matter most to you.
Starting therapy can feel like a big step. You don't have to know exactly what to say or have everything figured out before you begin.
Whether this is your first experience with therapy or you've been in therapy before, my goal is to make the process feel comfortable, collaborative, and tailored to you.
From our first conversation, we'll work together to understand what brought you to therapy, what you're hoping to change, and what support would be most meaningful to you.
Your first step is simply reaching out.
You don't need to have the perfect words or know exactly what you need. During your initial consultation, we'll have an opportunity to briefly connect, discuss what you're looking for, and determine whether my approach and availability may be a good fit for you.
This is also your opportunity to ask questions and get a sense of what working together might feel like.
You don't have to make a decision before you're ready.
We'll begin by getting to know you.
Your first session is an opportunity for me to learn more about you, your experiences, what you're currently navigating, and what led you to seek therapy.
We'll talk about the concerns that brought you in and begin identifying what you'd like to be different in your life.
You don't need to tell me everything at once.
We'll move at a pace that feels appropriate for you, and you can share what you're comfortable sharing.
Therapy should be about more than simply managing symptoms.
Together, we'll explore what you're hoping to understand, change, or work toward.
Maybe you want to feel less anxious. Maybe you want to understand why you keep repeating certain patterns. Maybe you want healthier relationships. Maybe you're struggling with confidence or boundaries. Maybe you're navigating a major transition and aren't sure what comes next.
Whatever brings you to therapy, we'll work together to identify goals that are meaningful to you.
There isn't one right way to do therapy.
I draw from several evidence-based approaches, including CBT, DBT, Trauma-Focused CBT, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, ACT, mindfulness-based approaches, and strengths-based therapy.
Rather than expecting you to fit into a particular model, I'll tailor our work to your individual needs, experiences, personality, and goals.
Some sessions may involve gaining insight into patterns and experiences.
Others may focus on developing practical coping strategies or working through a current challenge.
Sometimes therapy may simply provide the space you need to slow down and process what you're experiencing.
Our work will evolve as you do.
Therapy isn't a race.
Some people are ready to dive deeply into difficult experiences right away. Others need time to build trust before discussing more vulnerable parts of their lives.
Both are okay.
My role is to create a space where you can feel safe enough to be honest while also gently challenging you when doing so can help you move forward.
We'll respect your pace while continuing to work toward meaningful progress.
Your therapy should remain purposeful.
As we work together, we'll regularly revisit your goals and consider what's helping, what's not, and what may need to change.
Therapy isn't about staying in the same place indefinitely. The goal is to help you develop greater self-understanding, confidence, and skills that you can carry with you beyond the therapy room.
You can show up as you are. You don't have to pretend that everything is okay or worry about being judged.
I won't simply tell you what you should do. We'll work together to understand what's happening and identify what feels right for you.
Therapy isn't always comfortable, and meaningful growth sometimes requires us to look at difficult patterns. I'll offer honest feedback with compassion and respect.
Your experiences, strengths, goals, and needs are unique. Your therapy should be, too.
Depending on your goals, we'll work on both understanding why you may be experiencing certain patterns and developing practical tools to help you navigate them.
You don't have to…
You just have to be willing to begin.
Reach out or request a consultation to learn more about working with True Light Counseling.
