In 2012, I began my clinical career in community mental health in Lowell, Massachusetts. For over four years, I provided individual counseling, family counseling, and crisis intervention services to children, adolescents, and adults. As part of an outreach-based approach, I delivered services across office, home, school, and community settings. Working across these environments strengthened my ability to collaborate with families and multidisciplinary professionals.

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My time in community mental health exposed me to individuals from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, and personal backgrounds. Through this work, I developed a strong clinical foundation while treating a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, addiction, family conflict, grief, crisis situations, and co-occurring mental health conditions. This experience also strengthened my skill set in evidence-based counseling, family systems theory, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

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In 2016, I completed specialized training in Holistic Psychotherapy and Coaching, broadening my clinical perspective to include the interconnected relationship between mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. This training reinforced many of the values I had already begun developing throughout my clinical work and inspired me to establish Awaken Holistic Counseling Services in 2017 in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Since then, I have continued to integrate traditional counseling with holistic approaches, creating a practice centered on individualized, whole-person care.