Addiction therapists & psychiatrists in Knoxville, TN

I am dedicated to providing an inviting and purposeful service for each client. I have been practicing therapy for 5 years. I have a background in using CBT, DBT techniques, solution focused practices.

Are you feeling anxious, overwhelmed, stuck, or simply not like yourself anymore? Perhaps you're constantly worrying, overthinking, avoiding situations that once felt manageable, or struggling to move beyond painful experiences. You don't have to figure it out alone.

I'm a clinical psychologist with more than 15 years of experience helping adolescents and adults navigate anxiety, panic attacks, phobias, depression, trauma, addiction, health-related concerns, and difficult life transitions. I especially enjoy helping people who feel trapped in cycles of fear, worry, avoidance, self-doubt, or unhealthy patterns affecting their relationships, confidence, and quality of life.

My approach goes beyond simply talking about your problems. I believe therapy should help you understand yourself more deeply while giving you practical tools to create lasting, meaningful change. Together, we'll identify what's keeping you stuck, work through difficult experiences, and develop strategies to help you feel more confident, capable, and in control.

My style is warm, compassionate, collaborative, and nonjudgmental. I tailor treatment to your needs using evidence-based approaches, including CBT, ACT, EMDR, exposure therapy, mindfulness, and Positive Psychology. As a health psychologist, I also recognize the important connection between emotional and physical well-being.

My experience spans private practice, psychiatric settings, substance use treatment, functional medicine, and college counseling. I earned my degrees from Northwestern University and the Illinois School of Professional Psychology and also teach graduate-level psychology courses.

You deserve to feel better, and meaningful change is possible. Whether you're hoping to overcome anxiety, heal from painful experiences, build confidence, or reconnect with yourself, my goal is to help you feel genuinely understood, supported, and empowered to move forward.

With over 20 years of experience in the mental health field, I've had the privilege of working across a wide range of treatment settings, including acute care, non-acute care, residential treatment, and outpatient therapy. I work with adolescents and adults and have experience providing individual and couples therapy.

My primary areas of focus include relationship counseling using the Gottman Method, chronic pain and chronic illness through Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), addiction treatment informed by the work of Dr. Carl Hart, and Borderline Personality Disorder using Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

In addition to these specialty areas, I frequently help clients navigate anxiety, panic attacks, depression, life transitions, adjustment disorders, parenting challenges, workplace stress, and the everyday demands that can leave us all feeling overwhelmed!

I have had the opportunity and blessing to work with individuals from all dynamic backgrounds and in those endeavors have acquired a great appreciation and respect for what each individual struggle with. It is my hope and responsibility to get them through this

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor specializing in children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. I work with eating disorders, depression, anxiety, OCD, and life transitions. I utilize play therapy with children, solution-focused techniques, supportive therapy, family systems, and other techniques that match the client I am working with.