Collaborative Effort, PLLC

My practice is aimed at providing a strengths based approach to substance use disorder and behavioral health counseling services to adolescents and young adults. I also focus on providing infertility counseling to individuals and couples with reproductive health concerns.

I have extensive experience working with teens and their families. For nearly 10 years, I mediated parenting-plans and providing parent-teen mediation services through a community-based mediation program. I continued my experience volunteering to provide life skills education at an adolescent in-patient treatment facility, substance use psycho-education groups to college students, group therapy and individual early intervention services at a college substance use program. For the past 5 years I have been working in a school providing prevention and early intervention services. I have also provided in-patient services, intensive outpatient group therapy, level 1 treatment groups and individual therapy, MIP education, school-based therapy and chemical dependency evaluations.

My motivation to provide infertility treatment is based on my own personal experience with infertility treatment. My husband and I struggled for many years and underwent many medical interventions. The process was a lonely, emotional process full of grief and shame. There were no support programs available. Upon talking to others after we moved past this experience, I identified a need to provide clinical support and connect individuals with shared experiences. I have spent a great deal of time exploring research regarding reproductive trauma and infertility counseling. I recognize infertility treatment is an expensive process and will be offering these services at a reduced rate.

I am willing to discuss my practice or my professional experience with you further should you have questions.