About
OPEN HEART COUNSELING OF AUSTIN PLLC
Professional Experience:
I have been in private practice since 2015 and have been a licensed counselor since 2012. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor, Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor and a Certified Mental Health Professional with a private practice in southwest Austin. I have worked in a variety of settings including in a Children’s Advocacy Center to provide counseling to children that experienced sexual abuse and their families. I built my private practice around supporting children and adults that had experienced sexual abuse/assault and found a passion working with parents and parents to be when their sexual trauma was activated in the perinatal period. This led to me learning as much as I could about perinatal trauma, pregnancy and infant loss, NICU trauma and fertility struggles. I find that the parents I work with respond well to EMDR and sandtray therapy. I have served as the Clinical Director for the Pregnancy and Postpartum Health Alliance and co-founded the Texas SandTray Association.