HI! I am Patty! I am a Master's level Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I specialize in sex therapy, Trauma, and lastly, substance abuse recovery. I have extensive training in those areas. I am a certified EMDR therapist for trauma. Additionally, I have studied sex therapy at the Buehler Institute and recognized by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists as a Certified Sex Therapist.

I enjoy being creative, as I do not believe in a “cookie cutter” approach to treatment.  Each client is unique and by integrating different modalities and techniques into treatment, together, we are able to customize a treatment plan that fits your personality, meets your goals, and specifically targets the issues that brought you to therapy. I utilize solution focus methods for sex therapy and Gottman interventions for working with couples.

I utilize EMDR to work on freeing the body and mind of 'stuck' unprocessed memories of trauma. In conjunction with a diverse set of coping tools, I like CBT and DBT for those working through recovery.

My focus is to help you bring back the passion in your life and your relationships whether it be through the healing of a relationship, healing of a past trauma, working through recovery, or all of them combined.  My goal is to help individuals and couples learn to value themselves and create satisfying and fulfilling relationships with themselves as well as others.