My Personal
Mental Health Journey

Have you ever heard of a scared therapist?

I can recall sitting in one of my graduate classes while my cohorts excitingly answered a question asked by our professor. The question was “Who wants to go into private practice one day?” Most of everyone said “Yes”. I reserved my answer and responded internally with a lot of fear.

Here’s the thing, I was afraid that I would not be good enough to help people. I really was afraid that I would not be “perfect enough” to be a good therapist and wanted to be a responsible clinician. Still, all of my doubts were base on this one thing, fear.

I counted myself out which would later proved to be a huge disservice to my potential future clients and my chosen career. In my quest to avoid disappointments, fear masked itself in doubt and insecurities and drove me away from my real mission of helping others.

So I went to therapy. I needed to explore the origin of this fear in a therapeutic environment. And just as much, therapy indeed became a safe place for me to finally confront some of these traumatic life experiences that I’ve walked through.

One of my biggest confrontation, was finally acknowledging that I carried a lot of shame which affected a lot of my decisions.

I committed to the collaborative, but intense and purposeful work of therapy for years. And coupled with my faith, I was able to find a new way of living…. A fresh way of living (see what I did there). This is one of the many reasons, I am joyful and confident with finally sharing my clinical services with you and your family.

*Note: A tip to finding a good therapist is if they actually attend therapy themselves.

Even if it’s to process vicarious trauma related to their line of work.