Helping You Understand the Patterns That Shape Your Life
Welcome! I’m glad you’re here.
Seeking therapy is a meaningful step, and finding the right therapist is an important part of that process. My hope is that this page gives you a sense of who I am, how I approach therapy, and what it might be like to work together.
At the heart of my work is a simple belief: people have the capacity for growth, healing, and change.
Many of us move through life carrying beliefs, habits, and ways of relating to ourselves and others that developed for understandable reasons. These patterns may have helped us cope, adapt, or survive difficult circumstances. Over time, however, they can begin to limit our relationships, confidence, emotional well-being, and ability to live fully.
Therapy provides an opportunity to better understand those patterns and create new possibilities for growth.
My Background
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate in the state of South Carolina and hold a PhD in Counseling, and a Master’s in Rehabilitation Counseling. My professional background includes counseling, education, training, disability advocacy, organizational development, and public service.
Throughout my career, I have worked with individuals from diverse backgrounds who were navigating complex personal, professional, and life challenges. These experiences have deepened my understanding of the many factors that influence mental health and well-being, including relationships, identity, culture, environment, life experiences, and access to opportunity.
My foundation in rehabilitation counseling has had a lasting influence on how I view people and the therapeutic process. Rehabilitation counseling emphasizes strengths, resilience, self-determination, and the belief that individuals can continue to grow and thrive despite obstacles, setbacks, or adversity.
Rather than focusing solely on what is wrong, I am interested in understanding what may be standing in the way of the life you want to create.
My Approach to Therapy
My approach is integrative and deeply rooted in humanistic theory.
Integrative means I draw from multiple evidence-based approaches depending on your needs, goals, and circumstances. These can include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Solution-Focused Therapy, mindfulness-based interventions, strengths-based approaches, and person-centered techniques. I believe therapy should be responsive to the individual rather than forcing the individual to fit a particular model. By integrating different approaches, I am able to meet clients where they are while supporting greater self-awareness, emotional well-being, personal growth, and meaningful change.
Humanistic means I believe each person possesses inherent worth and an innate capacity for growth. I see therapy as a collaborative process that helps individuals increase self-awareness, strengthen their sense of self, and move toward lives that feel more meaningful and aligned with their values.
While therapy can certainly help reduce symptoms such as anxiety, stress, or emotional overwhelm, I believe meaningful change often occurs when we take the time to understand the deeper patterns influencing our experiences.
Together, we may explore:
- Longstanding beliefs about yourself and others
- Relationship dynamics and attachment patterns
- Emotional responses and coping strategies
- Experiences of loss, transition, or adversity
- Self-worth, confidence, and identity
- Personal values, goals, and aspirations
My goal is not to tell you who you should be.
My goal is to help you better understand yourself so that you can make intentional choices about who you want to become.
My Philosophy of Performance Therapy
My work is informed by a specialized approach I call Performance Therapy.
Performance Therapy is not coaching.
It is a clinically grounded approach that explores how emotional well-being, self-beliefs, relationships, experiences, and behavioral patterns influence how we function in our daily lives.
Whether someone is navigating anxiety, grief, workplace stress, relationship challenges, leadership responsibilities, or a major life transition, these experiences often affect confidence, decision-making, emotional regulation, and overall well-being.
Performance Therapy helps individuals identify and address the barriers that may be limiting growth, fulfillment, and effectiveness in the areas of life that matter most.
The goal is not perfection.
The goal is helping people function in ways that are more intentional, authentic, and aligned with their values and potential.
Culture, Identity, and Lived Experience
I recognize that our experiences do not occur in isolation from the broader social, cultural, and historical contexts in which we live.
As a Black woman, I understand the importance of having spaces where identity, culture, and lived experience can be explored openly and without judgment.
While I welcome adults from diverse backgrounds, I am particularly attuned to the experiences of women—and especially Black women—who have spent much of their lives carrying significant responsibilities while navigating the expectations of family, work, relationships, and society.
My goal is to create a therapeutic environment where clients feel respected, supported, and empowered to show up as their full selves.
Why ALIVE?
The name ALIVE reflects my belief that therapy is about more than symptom reduction.
It is about reconnecting with yourself.
It is about understanding the patterns that shape your life, overcoming the barriers that stand in your way, and creating opportunities for growth and change.
It is about moving beyond survival and toward a life that feels more intentional, meaningful, and fully lived.
I would be honored to support you in that journey.
ALIVE Counseling 