Quest Counseling & Wellness

Approach:

 

I use Mindful Stress Reduction, Mindful Self Compassion, Attachment and Relationship Repair and somatic work on high activation from early and adult trauma.

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I provide parent education in child and adult child development and strength based positive discipline, emotion regulation and coping with school,  In professional consultation - I provide 24 years of clinical experience in child and family therapy and somatic psychotherapy for resolution of developmental and shock trauma. And, I have training and experience working with addiction. 

Therapy Style:

 

I invite a collaborative approach to identify your counseling goals and how you want to achieve them. I offer strength based positive approaches working at two levels. I can help you stop and reframe unhelpful thoughts, use personal strengths to develop strategies to cope and sustain self appreciation and life balance. And, I can help you understand the physiology of your brain-body nervous system and use your natural capacities to increase tolerance for distress and restore balance after trauma. 

 

In parent counseling, I help you provide effective discipline, nurturing, monitoring and management of your child’s development and emotional stabilization.

Education:

 

MEd, Guidance and Counseling, University of Alaska Fairbanks 

Graduate program, Exceptional Learners-Special Education, University of Oklahoma