
Training and Modalities
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor & 200 Hr Registered Yoga Teacher. Listed below are the modalities that influence my orientation and the training/education I have received. I strive to continually deepen my clinical skills and expand the knowledge I have around modalities and philosophies that are most effective in facilitating healing. I learn so much from working with each person’s unique history and nervous system, as well as the interns I supervise.
Modalities I pull from:
Relational Cultural Theory/Client Centered Theory
Attachment Theory/Developmental Psychology
Somatic Therapies
Polyvagal Theory
Interpersonal Neurobiology
Internal Family Systems (IFS)/parts work
Trauma-Informed modalities, including EMDR and Trauma-informed Yoga
Liberation Psychology/Anti-oppressive Frameworks
Decolonized Frameworks
Ancient Wisdom Healing Frameworks including Yogic wisdom, Buddhism, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda (let’s be real, a lot of western somatic therapies are rooted in these frameworks/philosophies)
Specialized Trainings:
Eye Movement De-sensitzation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Trained
Trauma Conscious Yoga Method (TCYM) Teacher Training with Nityda Gessel, LCSW, RTT
Somatic Embodiment & Regulation Strategies with Linda Thai, LMSW, ERYT-200, CLYL
Embodying Polyvagal Theory: Body Oriented Learning and Exploration with Deb Grant, LCSW, RMT
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Trauma, Level 1, currently a Level 2, Developmental Trauma Student
Somatic Experiencing: Beginner 1 &. 2 Modules
Currently a student of Body Mind Psychotherapy (BMP)
Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) with Dr. Dan Siegel
200 hr- Certified, Inclusive Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher (RYT-200)
Education:
The University of Texas at Austin - MA in Counselor Education (2016)
The University of Texas at Austin - BS in Psychology (2013)
License #:
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Texas, 76844
Additional note:
I am eternally grateful for all of my amazing teachers, mentors, and supervisors ,who have generally been other BIPOC women, who have shaped the clinician I am currently! When I sit with you, I bring all of my mentors’ wisdom, as well.