Therapists in Salem, UT

Have you ever asked for help and been disappointed with the results? I won't stand for that. I am not interested in "doing" therapy, but rather, creating a transformative partnership with my patients that helps them to become something greater. What does that look like? Whatever a patient needs it to be. I am passionate about taking people who have capacity to be better and helping them to maximize it. If you aren't progressing, I will help you find someone who can help. I work with an amazing team, and we have a fit for you.

Mental health matters, and sometimes we need help and support to get us to where we want to be. My goal is to help you feel safe, understood, and respected. Your healing journey matters, and I would like nothing more than to help you along the way. Whether you are experiencing anxiety, depression, family struggles, or the effects of trauma, I’m here to help. I enjoy engaging clients in parts work through Internal Family Systems (IFS). I've found that IFS can be very effective in treating trauma, anxiety, and depression.

I am here to guide you through your healing process, whether it's trauma, anxiety, attachment, grief and loss, relationships, or something else. The time we spend together is focused on your specific needs.

Welcome! I would love to connect with you on your healing journey and help you to navigate what you are experiencing. I adopt a mindset of learning, growth and helping you to overcome hurdles that would otherwise impede progress. I love working with young and old alike as you face life challenges. I have specialized training in EFT, EMDR and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), as well as being IFS informed. I've worked w/ women facing postpartum mood disorders, clients in life transitions, and enjoy teens and young adults as well. I have a passion for helping you heal. My approach will add hope and possibilities to your life.

Struggling with the aftermath of betrayal, abandonment, abuse, or neglect? Feeling disconnected from your partner? Using ways of coping with difficult emotions and it leading to more stress and problems in your life? Finding it difficult to feel committed to your current relationship or like something is getting in the way of escaping out of a toxic relationship? Questioning your parenting of your struggling teenager? Have a teen experiencing depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, or self harm? I have experience addressing these issues in private and residential treatment settings working with teens, adults, couples, and families.

My clients want to gain the ability to enjoy and contribute to life regardless of circumstance, regardless of genetic attributes, regardless of past failures. They are willing to stop feeling miserable, which means active pursuit of whatever it takes to change their current path. I am experienced in several populations including: adolescents, early return missionaries, military, couples and sex counseling, substance addictions, depression, anxiety, bipolar and men's issues.

I am specialized in treating couples affected by pornography and sexual addiction or compulsivity. For addicts, male and female, I focus on accountability and teach how to truly connect instead of escaping. I will also provide empowerment for partners of addicts to help them create healthy boundaries and understand their betrayal trauma. I will facilitate a full disclosure for the couple, helping the relationship heal and rebuild trust. I am experienced with many marital problems and will help you understand your negative cycles within the relationship preventing you from being close and connected.

Scheduling now with me or associates. Are you feeling stuck, burned out, overwhelmed, worried, sad, confused, broken, or just “not good enough?” Are you sick of the shoulds and supposed tos? Do you want to figure out what truly matters to you and how can you live more of a rich and meaningful life, full of authenticity and intention? What unhelpful beliefs and experiences are holding you back? I treat perfectionism, generalized and specific anxiety, OCD, scrupulosity, depression, ADHD, trauma, and fear-based living. I love helping with life transitions like graduations, moves, new parents, career changes, faith journeys and more.

I care deeply about your experience. I want you to feel heard and understood. I know just how painful life can be and how powerful it is to have someone truly in your corner. As a therapist, I have training and experience treating relationship struggles, trauma, depression, and anxiety. I am EMDR trained, so I can provide extensive help dealing with traumas from your past and present.

I believe the therapeutic relationship to be extremely valuable in the client’s growth and strive to work in a collaborative way with clients. I draw from an attachment theory perspective, am trauma-informed and client-centered. My passion is helping my clients find their inner strength to get through their dark moments in life. I use an integrative therapeutic approach rooted in my client’s needs. I utilize a mix of evidence-based modalities such as CBT, EMDR, Mindfulness, IFS, and Somatic Experience.

I graduated from Brigham Young University with a Masters of Education in School Psychology in 1994 and with a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology in 2003. As part of that training, I completed a doctoral level internship in clinical child psychology at Primary Children's Hospital. Since then, I have worked in a variety of settings, specializing in child psychology. The majority of my clinical experience has been in working with children who have been traumatized, but I feel comfortable treating the entire range of childhood psychiatric disorders. Overall, I have been working with emotionally/behaviorally challenged children for over 25 years.

Everyone has a unique story that deserves to be heard. When you can share your story in a safe space and genuinely allow yourself to feel complex emotions — healing occurs. I want to provide a safe place for you to share your story and help you find the solutions you are looking for. I firmly believe that we all carry the answers to our own life challenges and have the power to overcome them. I am passionate about helping adults and teens process through traumatic experiences including attachment issues and childhood trauma.

The challenges we face as individuals, as a community, and as a society can have a profound impact on the way we view the world, ourselves and others. Exposure to multiple adverse life experiences over time (experienced directly or in anticipation of adverse experiences) can progressively increase symptoms of anxiety, depression, clinical, and sub-clinical PTSD and even impact the state and health of our bodies. Adverse life experiences are often stored in the body and can be coded to our DNA. Somatic forms of therapy such as EMDR and Brainspotting help to adjust this lens by integrating and fully reprocessing adverse experiences.

Trauma and EMDR are my passions due to personal experiences with PTSD and the healing I’ve witnessed and experienced through EMDR. I have worked with individuals in a generalized practice experience including anxiety, depression, OCD, suicidality, childhood abuse, etc... Am gaining an increased skill level with those who have experienced PTSD, complex PTSD, Dissociative Disorders (general), & Dissociative Identity Disorder. Attachment Theory, Adaptive Information Processing Model, Polyvagal Theory and Systems Theory are the bases from which I work.

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. -Albus Dumbeldore. In these trying times we live in many of us find it difficult to make it through the day engaging in happiness. Trauma, depression, addiction, childhood issues, all of these can cloud the true us, I can help you sort through all the debris and find the light again.

One of my favorite quotes by Brené Brown says, "Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change." No matter what you've been through or where you are now, I strongly believe you have the power to heal and become the best version of yourself. When we go through a challenging or traumatic event, our sense of self can become tainted, we may feel lost, and we may even no longer view ourselves as powerful, strong, or courageous. It can be scary to navigate that alone.