Rocky Shores Counseling

Individual & family counseling services

Specialties:

Trauma Recovery: I support individuals in processing and healing from trauma caused by abuse, neglect, violence, exploitation, bullying, chronic invalidation, or significant loss. Counseling focuses on rebuilding safety, reducing triggers, managing dissociation or hypervigilance, and developing tools for emotional regulation and resilience.

Addiction: I provide integrated support for individuals struggling with substance use or behavioral addictions, including alcohol, drugs, pornography, or compulsive behaviors. Sessions address root causes, relapse prevention, dual diagnosis concerns, and strategies for long-term recovery and self-worth rebuilding.

Exploitation Recovery: I offer trauma-informed, survivor-centered counseling for individuals who have experienced sex trafficking, grooming, transactional sex, or survival-based relationships. Topics include reclaiming identity, boundary work, safety planning, shame reduction, and navigating legal, social, or family systems.

Life Transitions: I help clients navigate major changes such as divorce, becoming a caregiver, entering or leaving college, parenting shifts, career transitions, grief, or identity changes. Therapy offers space to explore values, reduce overwhelm, and develop a new sense of direction and purpose.

Anxiety: I work with clients experiencing generalized anxiety, panic attacks or social anxiety. Support includes learning grounding techniques, addressing avoidance patterns, reframing anxious thoughts, and exploring deeper emotional or relational roots of persistent worry.

Depression: I guide clients experiencing low mood, irritability, hopelessness, or lack of motivation. Counseling may include identifying distorted thinking patterns, reconnecting with meaningful activities, improving relationships, and addressing the impact of trauma or life stressors on mood.