My Experience

Currently I work with many young adults in Utah Valley who are struggling with anxiety, depression, pornography, or relationship issues. Over the years I have worked extensively with adolescents and young adults. Being a therapist in wilderness therapy programs designed to help troubled teens find their true identity, I developed a sense of how to relate with and help young people. I also worked with adolescents out of their homes or proctor homes providing individual and family therapy. Through these experiences I learned how the family is a powerful solution for troubled teens.

I earned a masters degree from Loma Linda University in marriage and family therapy and a Ph.D. in the same from Brigham Young University. My dissertation addressed substance abuse treatment utilizing systemic therapy. I am licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Utah and have provided therapy services in private, community, home and school settings.

Through the Utah Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, I am an Approved Supervisor and member.

I have specialized in treating couples, families, young adults since 2002. I originally provided therapy services in drug and alcohol adult residential treatment centers in both Utah and California. There I learned the powerful and destructive hold addictions can have on individuals and families. Utilizing individual and couples therapy I worked to help others create more healthy relationships and increase their emotional capacity.

I am PREPARE/ENRICH certified. This is a course designed for premarital couples, married couples, or divorced individuals to gain deeper insight and experience into their relationships. This is an 8 week course.

My past experience includes serving as the editor for the Utah Valley Health and Wellness magazine, publishing in books and peer reviewed journals, presenting at regional, national, and world conferences on therapy topics/research, teaching courses at Brigham Young University, Utah Valley University, and Northcentral University. I am currently a member of the Utah Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.