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I help women lose weight and stop emotional eating. My coaching program teaches you how to have a new relationship with your body and food. I have a large background with fitness, nutrition and health from hands on experience. I competed in bodybuilding for many years which was the cause of my food and body dysfunction. I also have have a lifetime of trauma starting when I was a child which carried into my adult years until I was able to face them head on and heal them from the inside out.

I provide individual, couples and family therapy. I have experience helping clients with depression, anxiety, stress, anger management, bi-polar disorder, trauma, drug and alcohol use, and many other issues. I work with partners at all stages and status of relationship: married, unmarried, premarital and co-parenting. I have helped couples with problems of trust, intimacy, communication, life decisions, and parenting.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I earned my degree in Counseling Psychology from Cal Lutheran University. I enjoy working with families, couples, individuals, adolescents and children. I have worked in various settings such as non-profits, school based, an IOP outpatient program and juvenile court programs. I am a certified Triple P provider (Evidence based parenting program) assisting parents with challenging behaviors and or emotional regulation.