Hi, I’m Jasmine!

Are you finding yourself constantly stressed and overwhelmed? You feel like you’ve tried everything so that you can be more calm, but yet when you put your head on your pillow at night your mind is flooded with panic, fear, and worry? It feels like no matter what you do, you can’t shake the underlying anxiousness that is always present? Have you found that in your relationships it seems to get even worse?

You are not alone.

I am here to have hope on your behalf when you may feel like you have none left. As a fellow human who has her own history with anxiety and relational distress, I am ready to hear you.

With experience working in community-facing non-profits with individuals of all ages, backgrounds, and beliefs, I am here to support you.

My Approach

My primary lens for both individuals and couples is rooted in Attachment Theory. This is the idea that our earliest attachments (usually mom and dad) act as the blueprint for how relationships are supposed to look and feel. Exploring how safe or unsafe these early relationships felt can help us better understand why we may deal with anxiety and relationship issues as adults.

I also hold the conviction that even though many of us have experienced our deepest hurts because of relationships with others, I believe that our greatest healing can happen in relationships.

That is my view on the counseling relationship— it is meant to be a safe and secure relationship that can model a new way of relating. For some, you may have never felt true safety and security with others, whether with friends or romantic partners. When safety is experienced in counseling, it can help to re-wire what healthy relationships are meant to feel like so that you can have safer, more secure relationships with yourself and others.

Emotionally Focused Therapy

A lot of pain in couples is due to disconnection and wounds which lead to both partners feeling like they need to keep their walls up. EFT helps to slow down your negative cycles so that you can truly hear and understand your partner, rebuild trust, and be vulnerable with each other once more, leading to greater intimacy and oneness.

Mindfulness-based

Mindfulness practices help us to become more aware to the present moment. Many of our mental health upsets are due to getting stuck on pain from the past or becoming caught up in the unknown of the future. Mindfulness helps to bring our minds, bodies, and spirits back to the present, which is the only thing we really have. This helps to alleviate a lot of anxiety and helps us to better cope with triggers.

Trauma-Informed

As a reality of living in a broken world, almost everyone has experienced some level of trauma. Even when not working directly with a traumatic event, I aim to keep the impact of trauma on my radar as I work with clients, as its effects can be far-reaching.

ADDITIONAL APPROACHES

NARRATIVE THERAPY Existentialism Family Systems Somatic Techniques

Qualifications

  • - Registered Marriage and Family Therapy Intern, License #IMT4295

    - Supervised by Greg Cintron, LMFT, License #3781

  • - Education Specialist, Marriage and Family Counseling, The University of Florida

    - Master’s of Education, Marriage and Family Counseling, The University of Florida

  • - 10+ years working in community-facing non-profits/NGO’s
    in the United States, South Asia, the Middle East, and South America

    - 3+ years working with vulnerable populations affected by trauma,
    in the United States, South Asia, and the Middle East