My Story

Why are you crying? What’s wrong with you? You don’t understand stress!....

As a little girl from the islands, the expectation was that you should “just live life… and get over it.” My behaviors were so loud, but no one took the time to ask about my story or to find out the reason for my actions. We as humans suffer in silence due to the many stigmas and lack of understanding about trauma and mental health. I am a strong believer that your feelings are just as important as your thoughts and our stories are there to unfold.

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 As a Clinical Social Worker in the mental health and human service field, my career path has always intertwined with people. Starting out as a customer service agent then walking into the social service/mental health field, attending to people and their needs has always been at the core of my work. Applying the concept that- ‘the customer is always right”- to a mental health and trauma informed lens, my modality of choice for intervention is from the Humanistic Paradigm- I will meet you where you are at…and then we both work from there together. Included in my treatment modality interventions are: Short-term Solution Focused Interventions, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Trauma Resolution Energy Therapy (TRET).

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Trauma hinders our progress whether the exposure is miniscule, extensive or somewhere in-between. Unless we can identify and understand this impact one cannot start moving towards healing. Let’s start this journey together and explore through appropriate interventions designed to meet your needs, a way towards being whole again.

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Specialties: Depression, ADHD, Anxiety, Work-Related Concerns including burn-out, Parenting Problems, Religious/Spiritual Struggles, Life Transitions, Self-Esteem Concerns, Anger Management and an extensive background in Child Welfare including Pre and Post- Adoption Counseling.

*Mental Health and Wellness Training for Non and For Profit entities.

*Clinical Supervision for Social Workers seeking clinical hours.

*Mental Health Consultation and Support.