“Healing happens in the presence of an empathetic witness.”
—Bessel Van der Kolk
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
—Victor Frankle
Counseling can be described in a simple way as a look back at the events that create the story of your life. Maybe you need to explore a chapter or perhaps it’s an entire season. How did you get where you are? Who was with you (or not) along the paths of your childhood and development thereof. Who has helped you and, yes, who hurt you? What has happened along the way (or what didn’t happen) to write the narrative that you hear in your head and live out every day? It is a naming of the who, the what, when, where and why? Sometimes you find the answers, other times you may not, but I want to help you make sense (when it’s possible) of your experiences and move forward after looking back. We will look back, and we will look forward. We need traction amidst what can feel like friction and tension in order to heal, live better and feel better.
Whether it’s in the immediate aftermath of tragedy and trauma, looking back and learning from your family of origin, or processing the disappointments and disillusionment that comes with life, I would be honored to sit with you and guide you into a season of reflection and healing. I can’t promise that it will be easy (it probably won’t be), or that you won’t still have questions (you may). What I will commit to is a space that will nurture truth, authenticity and hopefulness.
Candice’s life story eventually led her on her own personal counseling journey. At an early age, she experienced the practical and emotional implications of her parents’ divorce and understands the stress and trauma that can come from parental and marital conflict. She also recognizes the challenges and pain of having had caregivers with addiction and unaddressed mental health challenges.
Into adulthood and after being married 11 years, she was widowed suddenly at 34 with 3 small children. She had to navigate not only her own trauma, but that of her children under 4 years old, her youngest with Down Syndrome. Because of that and other challenges she has faced, from parenting alone to relocating multiple times, and experiencing the loss of familial relationships, she recognizes the necessity of resourcing yourself and the desire to rebuild and flourish amidst immense loss. She has experienced the “both and” of looking back and forward. “I don’t know that any of us escape grief and hardship. But I believe, it’s about how we perceive and process it, and what we do with it.”
MA, LPC-MHSP(t), NCC
“I want you to know that your hardest and worst days are not the predictors of your future. There is healing and goodness and peace waiting for you.”
What do you specialize in?
Relationships
Grief & Loss
Burnout
Parenting
Crisis Intervention
Life Adjustments & Transitions
Trauma & Post-Traumatic Growth
“Healing happens in the presence of an empathetic witness.”
— Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score
Person-Centered
Strengths-based
Attachment framework
Trauma informed
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
Somatics (body)
Solutions Focused Therapy (SFT)
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples
How do you approach therapy?
“I believe therapy is both a relational and clinical process that invites a collaborative, holistic and eclectic approach.”
"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern.
Beautiful people do not just happen."
— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Who do you work with?
Women
Men
Couples
Business Executives/Professionals
Healthcare Professionals including therapists
How does this process work?
First, we can schedule a free 20 minute consultation call.
All you have to do is fill out the form below.
If you decide to schedule a session, we can assess the dynamic afterwards, and you can decide if you’d like to continue.
Therapeutic alliance, or the client-therapist relationship, has been shown to be one of the single most important factors, if not the most important, related to outcomes—even more than modalities, or the types of therapy implemented during the course of sessions.
Therapists can use a variety of “evidence-based therapy” (EBT) or interventions, but if you don’t connect with and trust your therapist, your results will be marginal if not measly.
I want to make sure that you believe our client-therapist fit is a good one. And—if at any time you don’t feel like it is, you’re free to reassess and regroup. I will assist you in finding the best therapist for you, if I’m not it.
Not sure if you’d like to schedule an appointment?
Let’s Talk.
Fill out the form below if you would like to start with a no-charge consultation call, or if you’re ready to schedule, you can request that, too. You’re also welcome to call or email if you’d rather.