Top in-person Tennessee children therapists who accept Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee

I am married and the father of two teenage kids. I enjoy sports, movies, and music. My hobbies include golf, camping, hiking, and kayaking. I have experience helping teenagers, adults, and couples with stress and anxiety, depression, relationship issues, family conflicts, and parenting issues. I am focused on creating a safe and trusting environment for clients to talk and explore. Whether you are seeking help with a specific issue, needing to gain some insight in a particular area, or just want to talk through a certain thought or situation, I welcome everyone with respect, empathy, and compassion. I tend to lean more direct with regards to talking through issues expressed by clients. I hope to understand and define the specific issue in order to work with more focus. While it is important for clients to come to their own conclusions and decisions, I actively engage in sessions to provide support and guidance throughout the process.

Thank you for clicking on my profile. I am a Certified Grief Recovery Method Specialist and have extensive experience working with individuals who have experienced a wide range of losses. All of us experience some type of loss – pets die, we move from one city to another, parents divorce, a parent chooses not to be a part of our lives, relationships end, we lose important jobs, and the list goes on. Grief is the normal and natural reaction to loss of any kind. Depression and anxiety can be symptoms of a loss. Whether grief is caused by a death or another loss, incomplete relationships can have a lifelong negative impact on your capacity for happiness. I would be honored to work with you and learn more about how you would like to live a more fulfilling life.

It takes courage to ask for help in difficult times, but we all need support at different moments in our lives. I am a bilingual licensed psychologist, and I have been working with children, adolescents and families for more than a decade. I specialize in areas including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, mourning and separation. Immigration, trauma, transgenerational trauma and identity have been specific areas of interest. My treatment approaches are: Psychodynamic psychotherapy, Interpersonal and solution focused brief therapy, incorporating cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques in an integrative approach. I utilize Play therapy, bibliotherapy and sand tray techniques when working with children, with an emphasis on parent-child work. I understand psychotherapy as a private and safe space to reflect on issues that may be affecting you and make the changes needed to feel better with yourself, family, and other relationships.