UPFRONT COUNSELING SOLUTIONS

As a certified counsellor, I bring my full range of experience and professional training into every session. Born in Canada, I have had the privilege of living and working in Nicaragua, the Bahamas, Costa Rica and the United States, an experience that shapes how I see and welcome people from many walks of life. I have a passion for helping people discover the best version of themselves by finding the courage to make simple, lasting changes, and I look forward to walking that path with you.

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My approach

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To support your journey, I draw on several evidence-based methods, alongside Christian and Catholic faith integration for clients who want it:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): understanding the thoughts and patterns driving distress, and building practical skills to shift them

• Gottman Method Couples Therapy (Levels 1 and 2): research-based tools for communication, trust and connection in relationships

• Solution-Focused Therapy: focusing on your goals and the practical next steps toward the change you want

• Trauma-informed care: working at a pace that keeps you safe and steady

• Mindfulness-based approaches: building awareness and calm you can carry into daily life

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Background & credentials

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I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Theology and a Master’s degree in Clinical Counselling from Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, where my clinical training and faith formation developed side by side. I am currently in my third year of a spiritual direction formation program, also through Franciscan University, in the Archdiocese of Joliet, Chicago.

Before founding this practice, I spent seven years as Dean of Student Life and a psychology professor at Ave Maria University (now Keiser University) in Nicaragua, and in 2013 I completed a unit of professional chaplaincy at Greenville Health Systems in South Carolina, with training in trauma and crisis counselling, grief therapy and pastoral care in a medical setting. I provide counselling in English and Spanish.

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An invitation

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I look forward to your visit and personally welcome you to Upfront Counseling Solutions.