Staff

Hometown & Places Lived: I’m originally from Ogden Utah, but have also lived in Washington, California, and Belize.

Clinical Approach/Interests: I enjoy connecting with people and learning more about their lives, passions, doubts, and dreams. Since no one knows your story better than you, I put great emphasis on listening to your experiences and perspectives. We can work together to explore a path to healing, understanding that your journey is unique, shaped by every aspect of your life and identity. I also enjoy studying the emerging research on psychedelic assisted psychotherapy, particularly in regards to healing trauma survivors, and those with treatment-resistant depression. 

Other Interests: In my free time I enjoy international travel, road trips, hiking, camping, live music, yoga, meditation, art and spending time with my family, friends, and dogs.

Hometown & Places Lived: Born in California, Raised in Ogden, Utah.

Clinical Approach/Interests: I thrive in personal connections and getting to know you first and foremost. This allows us the freedom to discuss your goals, aspirations, fears, and any situation or emotion that may have you caught at a crossroads. Together we will work on identifying strengths and solutions that are centered around your story and comfort. You are the expert and with your permission we’ll navigate your experiences with a holistic approach. I use a narrative style and solution-focused approach while utilizing my experiences in multicultural frameworks. My social work background affords me the ability to facilitate discussions regarding how mental health is affected by societal, cultural, religious, and gender structures. 

“La vida es ser feliz en las buenas, y lidiar para serlo en las malas, ¡Confía en tu Lucha!” 

“Life is being happy in the good times and fighting to be happy in the bad times, Trust Your Struggle.

Other Interests: In my free time, depending on the season, you’ll find me playing sports or on a mountain. I love gardening and cooking while blasting music till. Other than that, you’ll catch me spending time with my loved ones and watching my nerdy shows.

Hometown & Places Lived: I’m originally from Tennessee and now live in Ogden, UT.

Clinical Approach/Interests: I use an integrative approach in working with clients drawing primarily from Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I also enjoy incorporating holistic approaches as appropriate. My goal is to create a safe and compassionate space for students who come to see me. Some specific areas of interest are anxiety, stress management, personal development, and life transitions.

Other Interests: In my free time, I enjoy being in nature, exercising, traveling, reading, music, and dancing.

Hometown & Places Lived: I am from Argentina and I have lived in The Bahamas, Colombia, Bahrain, Dubai, and now Utah.

Clinical Approach/Interests: My approach is to learn about you, identify your strengths, and help you in your journey to self-discovery. While I am still learning and exploring as a trainee, I mostly use a cognitive and humanistic approach. I strive to create a safe space where we can work together toward your goals.

Other Interests: I enjoy spending time with my husband and my dog, cooking/baking and trying new foods, traveling, spending time outside, reading, and my latest hobby has been crocheting.

Hometown & Places Lived: New Jersey, California, and Utah.

Clinical Approach/Interests: As a clinician, I take a systemic approach and love working with issues of identity development across the lifespan. This involves helping people to better thrive in their lives by considering how cultural and biological systems, experience, and attachment inform our self-concept. I often consider how trauma, abuse, and neglect has interrupted healthy development. As an EMDR practitioner, I specialize in treating traumatic stress disorders including PTSD and developmental trauma. Within a short-term model, considerable time is spent on education about symptoms and if appropriate, trauma processing.

Other Interests: Reading, gardening, travel, skiing, baking (I’ve taken several professional patisserie classes) hiking, laughing, eating, religion and spirituality, and re-watching the Fast and Furious movies.

Hometown & Places Lived: Northwest Michigan; Indiana; Chicago, IL; Maui, Hawaii; Utah.

Clinical Approach/Interests: My therapeutic style is eclectic, but I draw from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Exposure Therapy, and trauma-informed and humanistic perspectives. I am well versed in working with individuals with concerns in anxiety, depression, mood disorders, trauma, autism spectrum disorder, grief and loss, and relationship issues. I am passionate about my work and thoroughly enjoy this career.

Other Interests: Time with family and friends, hiking, kayaking, camping, skiing, reading, and cooking.

Hometown & Places Lived: I grew up in Utah.

Clinical Approach/Interests: I have worked for a long time as a therapist and have always been impressed with the strength of people. My therapeutic approach reflects that I recognize each person as a combination of multiple identities. I work to assist each person to identify their strengths and to use their skills in a way that might be new and creative to solve the problems that bring them to my office. I draw from Cognitive Behavioral and Humanistic approaches.

Other Interests: My own mental wellness is renewed when I garden – it is so rewarding to pick my own vegetables. I love to cook and try new recipes out on my unsuspecting family and friends. I love animals. I love to travel and see new places, meet new people and try new activities. I am also a bit of a bookworm – I am usually reading 3 or more books at any given time.

Hometown & Places Lived: I was born in Guatemala. I have lived in Los Angeles, Seattle, Missouri, and now Utah.

Clinical Approach/Interests: My motto "When you can't look on the bright side, I will sit with you in the dark." I will do my best to sit with you in your distress. I will listen to you and check in frequently to make sure I understand your story. I will be open to learn from you. I will continue to seek out training, resources, and experiences that will help us both. I will do my best to always be human, show you compassion and empathy. You will have a space that you know you can return to when you need or want to. 

Other Interests: I am a first-generation college graduate. I am Weber State Alumni, class of 2006.  I am a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a mentor, an adviser, a social justice advocate. I love sports.  I love movies and books that inspire me. I AM ME AND I AM HERE!

Hometown & Places Lived: I grew up and have lived in various parts of Northern Utah.

Clinical Approach/Interests: Above all things, trust in yourself. I believe everyone has knowledge and tools within themselves; sometimes, it just helps to lay all the pieces out. My therapeutic approach incorporates Acceptance and Commitment, cognitive behavioral, solution-focused, and humanistic therapies. Instead of fighting thoughts and feelings, I help people to feel them, move through them, and make a plan to move toward their values. I believe strongly in social justice, and promoting and fighting for equity and equality for individuals with diverse identities. My specific therapeutic interest and research focuses are working with the LGBTQIA2S+ community, and religion and spirituality; specifically with individuals at any part of the question-doubt-transition process.

Other Interests: Before social work, I was a music teacher. Whether it’s playing, arranging, or listening, I know how big of an impact music can have. I’m a foodie,  I enjoy trying new cuisines and testing my creative cooking skills. I relax with video games, comics, movies, and books. And I love exploring our incredible outdoors with biking, hiking, and paddle boarding.

Hometown & Places Lived: Seattle, WA; Marin, CA; Provo and Ogden, Utah.

Clinical Approach/Interests: I work holistically to treat a variety of psychiatric disorders, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and attention-deficit disorders. I welcome neurodiversity!

Other Interests: Spending time with family; being a hubby and dad; being a pup parent to my two adorable dogs (Banjo the goldie and Sunny the goldendoodle); music (playing piano, guitar and banjo, singing, and listening to an eclectic mix of styles); sports (avid baseball and Seattle sports fan); fitness (Freeletics free athlete, cycling, sprinting, jump-roping, versaclimbing, dumbbell, kettlebell and macebell training, HIIT training, calisthenics and bodyweight exercise); and being outside in the natural world to take in the beauty, grandeur and wonder of it all!

Hometown & Places Lived: Ogden, UT.

Clinical Approaches/Interests: I approach counseling from what is called a biopsychosocial perspective, which is a way of seeing people through a holistic lens and considering the physical, mental, and societal factors that interact to create wellness. With the biopsychosocial perspective in mind, I tend to work from person-centered and strength-based therapeutic modalities. Person-centered therapy puts the client as the expert of their own experience, while strength-based therapy highlights the strengths one has to overcome adversity.

Other Interests: I enjoy staying physically active. I love sports such as basketball and boxing, and I often take jogs to keep my mind and body clear. I enjoy reading and playing chess. Other interests include spending time with my family and friends, as my relationships matter greatly to me. I hold the conviction that relationship is therapy, and for that reason, I make a point to spend as much time possible with those who I love.

Hometown & Places Lived: I grew up in Iowa, but I have lived in both Missouri and Minnesota for school. Currently, I live in South Ogden.

Clinical Approach/Interests: Each individual has their unique story, strengths, and perspectives which deserve to be heard. I utilize mainly concepts from cognitive-behavioral theory, solution-focused theory, and acceptance-based commitment approaches. I am highly interested in working with the student-athlete population regarding mental health concerns and mental skills training. Student-athletes face a variety of stressors that are unique and challenging that I hope to address within my work. I firmly believe that therapy is a tool that can be used to guide you to new changes or to help you understand/process previous changes.

Other Interests: I love reading (#BookTok), sports (basketball, football, baseball/softball), hammocking, kayaking, playing cards, traveling, and spending time with loved ones. Currently, I am beginning kickboxing/MMA and pickleball. Helping other first-generation students understand the college system and success!

Hometown & Places Lived: I am from Billings, Montana. I have lived in Colorado and now in Brigham City, Utah.

Clinical Approach/Interests: Come as you are. Therapy is a place of understanding and a place to be real. I see my role as providing a safe place to be heard, try out new solutions, and find strengths that will allow you to meet your goals moving forward.   

Other Interests: I love food (cooking and eating), the outdoors, and video games. I am equally comfortable on a couch watching nerdy movies with my husband and dogs as I am spending a whole day hiking up a mountain and training with my search and rescue k9.

Hometown and places lived: Ogden, Utah; San Antonio, Texas; Grand Junction, Colorado.

Clinical Approach/Interests: Throughout my years of experience, working in a wide variety of settings as a clinical therapist, I have developed an eclectic approach in working with individuals and groups. I value the experiences of each person I work with, understanding the key to effective change, healing, personal growth and an overall improved quality of life lies within each individual; therefore I strive for a collaborative relationship within the context of counseling. I encourage clients to actively engage in their own process of identifying and solving problems, challenging ineffective patterns of thinking and behaving as well as setting personal goals for their future.   

Other Interests: Travel, family, mindfulness, reading, history, theatre, and music.