Best Behavior Analysts in Des Plaines, IL

I graduated in 2007 with a dual degree in psychology and social work and began providing case management and advocacy services to people experiencing homelessness. I earned my master's degree in 2009, and transitioned from clinical case management to creating safe, therapeutic spaces for children to heal and grow. Over the next decade, I worked with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as trauma survivors across all ages and genders. This led me to various clinical and residential leadership roles, advocacy work, and research opportunities. My current practice and research are grounded in three evidence-based, relational frameworks: the Sanctuary Model (Bloom, 2008), Growth Mindset (Dweck, 2008), and the Culture of Care (Greenhough, Davies, & Bowlby, 2022). While developed for systemic purposes, each emphasizes the importance of relationships, values, and accountability. Over time, I've come to understand that these elements are crucial for fostering the culture and conditions necessary for healing, recovery, and thrivingparticularly after crises. I treat individuals as young as five, as well as couples, families, and groups. I work with a wide range of issues, with a special focus on generalized anxiety disorder, men's mental health, relationship challenges, trauma, and spirituality.

My role as a therapist is to help clients gain a better quality of life to challenge negative thoughts and cognitions, be able to self-regulate in their emotions, process trauma and traumatic events, manage mental health symptoms, build better relationships, handle transitions, improve their functioning in many areas in their lives, and process and adjust to unexpected events that occur in their lives.

My goal is to create a safe space for clients to process life's challenges and to provide unconditional Support. I take a collaborative approach with clients to identify the efficacy of their current coping strategies and to help them explore new ones. I encourage clients to view therapy as a chance for things to be all about them and I strive to create a safe, nonjudgmental space for them to be their authentic selves.

I graduated in 2007 with a dual degree in psychology and social work and began providing case management and advocacy services to people experiencing homelessness. I earned my master's degree in 2009, and transitioned from clinical case management to creating safe, therapeutic spaces for children to heal and grow. Over the next decade, I worked with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as trauma survivors across all ages and genders. This led me to various clinical and residential leadership roles, advocacy work, and research opportunities. My current practice and research are grounded in three evidence-based, relational frameworks: the Sanctuary Model (Bloom, 2008), Growth Mindset (Dweck, 2008), and the Culture of Care (Greenhough, Davies, & Bowlby, 2022). While developed for systemic purposes, each emphasizes the importance of relationships, values, and accountability. Over time, I've come to understand that these elements are crucial for fostering the culture and conditions necessary for healing, recovery, and thrivingparticularly after crises. I treat individuals as young as five, as well as couples, families, and groups. I work with a wide range of issues, with a special focus on generalized anxiety disorder, men's mental health, relationship challenges, trauma, and spirituality.

My role as a therapist is to help clients gain a better quality of life to challenge negative thoughts and cognitions, be able to self-regulate in their emotions, process trauma and traumatic events, manage mental health symptoms, build better relationships, handle transitions, improve their functioning in many areas in their lives, and process and adjust to unexpected events that occur in their lives.

My goal is to create a safe space for clients to process life's challenges and to provide unconditional Support. I take a collaborative approach with clients to identify the efficacy of their current coping strategies and to help them explore new ones. I encourage clients to view therapy as a chance for things to be all about them and I strive to create a safe, nonjudgmental space for them to be their authentic selves.