Distance Counseling
Meeting Your Needs at Your Convenience
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C.O.A.C.H counseling services are offered primary through distance counseling, also known as tele-health, online, and virtual counseling.
Distance counseling is the delivery of mental health services where you (the client) and the clinician are physically located in two separate locations using technology to communicate with each other. The use of digital information and communication technologies, such as computers and mobile devices, to access health care services remotely and manage your health care.
People who may benefit most from the use of distant counseling would be parent's with multiple roles and responsibilities, non-traditional college students and individuals that suffer from severe social anxieties, major depressive disorder, and PTSD may find distance counseling more accessible than traditional face-to-face counseling.
Couples Therapy
Enhance Connection & Engagement
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This method of service is provided to two individuals identified and labeled to be in a relationship to provide opportunity to improve communication, increased self-awareness, positive skill-building, improved intimacy and greater understanding. (Distance Counseling option available; however, individuals must be in the state of Virginia)
Individual Counseling
A Happier, Healthier You
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Individual counseling is meant to address daily life stressors, difficulty with establishing a work life balance and managing symptoms of a mental health diagnoses. During sessions, we’ll work to solve current problems and improve positive thinking and behavior. I’m confident you’ll find my personalized Individual Therapy beneficial and inspirational. Get in touch to book an appointment. will be offered face to face or via Telehealth; however, Telehealth is only offered in the state of Virginia.
Areas of Expertise
Family Therapy
Healthy Family Functioning
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Two or more members (only offered face to face modality) in agreement for the need to address the following issues:
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• Improve communication between teens and parents
• Attachment Issues
• Academic Concerns
• Transitions
• Foster Care/Adoption Issues
• Boundary issues
• Family Role Issues
• Improve sibling rivalry
• Improve communication
• Changing dysfunctional patterns
• Blended/ Separating/Divorce Issues
• Strain due to deployment or military culture
• Coping with the impact of mental illness, physical illness, disability, caregiving, and/or substance dependent family member on the family
• Difficulty with requesting or receiving support from the family
• Other identified issues
Perinatal Therapy
With You Every Step of the Way
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Be heard and feel supported, talk about what you are experiencing and come up with a plan to help reach your parenting goals or overcome discomfort related to parenting. We will find your strengths, teach you tools to make changes in your life and reach your goals, and educate you on resources that will help you be successful.
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A healthy way to reduce stress and promote overall wellness in pregnancy to help reduce symptoms of anxiety, baby blues, grief related to infertility or infant loss and postpartum depression through talk-therapy and to incorporate self-help and holistic resources.
Holistic Services For Prenatal Care
Quality & Affordable Care
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COACH will partner with organizations and services help perinatal clients to achieve self-care beyond talk therapy. Services and organizations will include but not be limited to:
• Doulas (Prenatal Clients)
• Midwives (Prenatal Care)
• Massage Therapists
• Low expense and low-cost Prenatal Care
• Postpartum Association of America
My Approach
We all have an inner strength within us that requires coaching to see one’s full potential. It is my belief that through empowerment and strength-based practices, I am able to enhance the positive pathways to meeting the goal of a successful therapeutic and treatment process. My therapeutic tactic typically integrates a bio-psychosocial, strengths-based practice approach with great emphasis on solution focused theories and person-centered methodology. I consider my healing approach to be diverse, while maintaining objectivity and allowing collaboration within the treatment process. Much emphasis is also targeted towards my approach of being warm and accepting with the use of active listening skills and unconditional positive regard.
I grew up in a non-traditional home and with my past experience I was able to embrace a special passion for nurturing mothers as they too require empowerment and maintenance. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, it is also my passion to support individuals transitioning into motherhood or facing the challenges that motherhood conveys. In efforts to influence a population with a desired improved level of functioning, I implement interventions that are also specifically geared towards healing mothers. My professional goals also consist of supporting at risk youth on their journey’s to self-awareness through the use of self-empowerment and strengthening individuals and families through community outreach and linkages, mental health treatment, and substance abuse treatment.
I have an undergraduate degree from Norfolk State University in Social Work and a graduate degree in Clinical Social Work from Norfolk State University. I completed my undergraduate practicum experience with Portsmouth Drug Court and my graduate practicum with Norfolk State Counseling Center and a community based mental health agency servicing Hampton Roads. I have worked in various roles with the Community Services Board servicing adults with mental health and dual diagnosis. My specializations include Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, Crisis Intervention, Bipolar Disorder, Child and Parental Conflict, Family Conflicts, and Mood Disturbance amongst adults, adolescents and children.
