Meet the Staff

 I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a behavioral/mental health specialist. I graduated in 2010 with my Master’s in Social Work. I enjoy working with children and parents to improve their relationship by using PCIT, in which I am certified through PCIT International. I like working with foster children, certified in using TF-CBT to address trauma, and incorporating Eagala sessions. I am advanced certified with Eagala as a mental health specialist. Annie, our "therapy dog in training", can join our sessions. 

 I began working with children in 1999 providing discrete trial training to autistic children, and continued my work with children and adolescents with anxiety, depression, ADHD, and other mental health concerns during my graduate training in child clinical psychology. I received my doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Bowling Green State University in 2007, and have worked in community mental health and residential settings, providing individual, group, and family therapy and psychological evaluations.

 I began working with families and children with emotional difficulties in 2003 after graduating from UK with a BS in Family Studies. I went on to graduate from EKU with a Master's Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. I have a passion for utilizing strengths-based and creative approaches to achieve emotional wellness in children. I am skilled in family-based interventions. I enjoy working with elementary aged children as well as older high school teens when transitioning to adulthood.  

Are  you looking for positive change in your child's behavior?  Does your  family need to break unhealthy cycles and find a way to re-connect and  interact in healthy ways?  I am passionate about children and adolescents receiving healing from trauma, attachment  concerns, families formed through foster care and adoption, and  families struggling with communication or the impacts of addiction.  I also specializes in parenting concerns, behavioral issues, conflict, peer relationships, and codependency. 

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Registered Play  Therapist (RPT), certified in Child Centered Play Therapy and Filial  Therapy, and a Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) Practitioner.  I hold a Bachelor of Science in Family and  Consumer Sciences, concentrating in Child Development, from Delta State  University and Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from Asbury  Theological Seminary. 

I have over twenty years of experience working with children and families  in private practice, community health settings, childcare and education,  and would cherish the privilege to meet yours and join you in your journey.

  I am a Kentucky native with years of experience in the behavioral health industry. I enjoy working with children and their families, and I find it very rewarding to see patients achieve their goals both in treatment and life.  I have a BS in Equine Studies from Midway College, and my passion for horseback riding has been a lifelong hobby. I co-facilitate Eagala sessions and am Eagala certified. When I’m not on the field, I am helping in the office. I can help you with your insurance and billing questions.   

 I co-facilitate Eagala sessions and am Eagala certified.  I am originally from Northern Kentucky. I joined the Army in 2001 and served 4 years in California and deployed to Iraq in 2005. I moved back to Kentucky to start a family. I then joined the US Marine Corps in 2009. I lived in California, North Carolina, and Virginia. We moved to Paris, Kentucky in 2018 to co-found North Star Therapeutic Services where I am an Eagala Certified Equine Specialist with Military Designation.