Services
Thoughtful, Personalized Mental Health Care
Support that may include therapy, practical coping skills, lifestyle management, and medication when appropriate.
If you’re a teen or young adult looking for support, this is a space where your voice matters and your experiences are taken seriously.
My Services
At Tomorrow’s Hope, care goes beyond prescriptions. Every treatment plan is tailored to the person, combining psychotherapy, lifestyle support, education, and medication when appropriate. Care is centered on creating an environment where each person feels comfortable sharing and being open about your life and how it is being impacted. Your voice and perspective matter!
I work with adolescents, young adults, and adults to create a plan that fits their needs, goals, and lifestyle.
More Than Medication
Many people assume mental health care is primarily about medication. While medication can help, it’s only one part of a comprehensive plan. I believe that everything we consume, liefestyle practices, social choices, and home and occupational environments contribute to our overall well-being.
My Approach includes:
Therapy
Evidence-based therapy helps people develop coping skills, build emotional insight, and navigate daily challenges. I can provide you with referrals for therapy if we determine that it would benefit your healing.
Lifestyle & Wellness Support
Small changes in sleep, nutrition, exercise, and daily routines can have a big impact on overall mental health. Nutritional supplementation plays a key role in long-term wellness.
Education & Skill-Building
Understanding challenges, learning practical strategies, and building life skills helps people feel more confident and in control.
Medication When Appropriate
Medication can be part of care, but it is only one layer of restoration and balance. Decisions are made with respect to the feelings and goals of the patient, with careful monitoring, and ongoing discussion.
GeneSight Psychotropic Testing
This is a pharmacogenomic test that analyzes how your DNA affects your ability to metabolize and use psychiatric medications. It is a simple cheek swab that helps me choose medications and doses with less trial and error.
Who I Support
Adolescents
Support for school challenges, friendships, emotional regulation, and identity development.
Adults
Care for mood, anxiety, stress, and life adjustments, with a focus on practical strategies and long-term wellbeing.
College Students & Young Adults
Guidance through transitions like college, independence, work, and relationships.
For Teens and Parents
Talking about mental health can feel uncomfortable at first. My goal is to create a space where you feel safe asking questions, sharing what you’re going through, and being part of decisions about your care.
Your thoughts and experiences matter. Together, we will work on understanding the hard things, building practical coping skills, and finding ways to help you feel more confident moving forward. I will honor your privacy, but if safety is a concern, I will take the necessary steps to safeguard your life.
Supporting an adolescent or young adult through emotional challenges can feel overwhelming. My role is to provide guidance, understanding, and practical strategies while working with both the patient and the family when appropriate.
Care is designed to balance a young person’s need for privacy with the importance of parental support, helping families communicate and move forward together.
* Special Circumstances with a minor child *
If the parents of a minor child are divorced and there is a court order regarding mental health services or medical treatment, such as a custody order, you must provide a copy of the court order. If there is no custody court order, you may proceed as usual, nothing more needs to be done.
If a parent cannot be contacted to give consent, you will need to sign an affidavit stating that the child’s other parent cannot be contacted to give consent or affirm in writing that they have the right to consent.
If both parents are required to consent for mental health evaluation/treatment of a minor child with a custody court order and the provider is informed by the other parent that they do NOT consent, I will need to cease treatment of the minor. It is recommended in such cases that both parents attend the evaluation and treatment so that both parents have the opportunity to ask questions and be a part of the education for a full understanding of the evaluation process and the treatment recommendation(s). This is important to avoid any delay in your minor child receiving treatment and restoring their optimal functioning.
Conditions I Commonly Treat
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Depressive Disorders
Depression can make you feel like being in a heavy, low place where energy is gone, motivation is low, and things that used to matter don’t feel the same anymore. It is so much more than sadness and can affect the way you see yourself and the world.
Major depressive disorder (MDD), Persistent depressive disorder (Dysthymia)
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Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety can feel like your mind won’t shut off-constant worry, feeling on edge, or your body staying tense and restless even when you want to relax. Worry or fear is overwhelming, constant, and hard to shut off.
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), Panic disorder, Social anxiety disorder
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Bipolar Disorders
Bipolar disorder involves big shifts in mood and energy-times of feeling very low and drained or irritable (depression), and other times feeling unusually energized, wired, impulsive, or “on top of the world” (mania). Bipolar I and Bipolar II have different levels of severity and duration of mania.
Bipolar I, Bipolar II, Cyclothymic disorder
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Eating Disorders
Eating disorders involve an unhealthy relationship with food and affect how someone thinks about food, their body, and eating. These thoughts can start to interfere with daily life and well-being. Eating disorders can be challenging because there can be co-occurring depression, anxiety, and behaviors used as coping mechanisms that challenge recovery.
Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Binge-eating disorder
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Substance Use Disorders
Substance use disorders involve losing control over the use of alcohol or drugs, even when it starts to cause problems with health, school, work, or relationships. Drugs that are used can include prescription drugs, not just recreational or “street” drugs. The experience is different for every person. It is not a moral failing—change and recovery are possible.
Alcohol use disorder (AUD), Opiod use disorder,
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Personality Disorders
Long-term, rigid, or inflexible patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that causes significant distress or impairment in relationships, work, and social activities. Common symptoms of these disorders are intense emotional reactivity, problems with self-identity, impulsivity, and unstable relationships. There are three groups of disorders:
Cluster A - Individuals have a tendency toward unconventional beliefs or a deeply solitary lifestyle.
Cluster B - Individuals have a high need for external validation or reassurance to feel secure.
Cluster C - Individuals with an intense focus on correctness, often as a way to manage deep-seated self-doubt.
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Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Neurodevelopmental disorders like autism (ASD) or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affect how the brain develops and how a person thinks, learns, communicates, or focuses. It can make school, work, or daily life more challenging. They often begin in childhood, extend into adulthood, and can show up differently in each person. Many people are creative, energetic, and highly capable.
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
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Medical Trauma
PTSD may be diagnosed after a medically traumatic event (i.e., procedure, acute medical concern) if there was exposure to actual or threatened death. Additionally, PTSD may be diagnosed if an individual has enduring symptoms related to recurrent exposure to real or perceived danger as a result of enduring physical symptoms related to the experiences of the traumatic event or chronic condition. Examples of medical trauma are associated with cancer diagnoses, multiple surgical procedures, or long-term intensive care stays.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or Adjustment disorder
This is not an all-inclusive list of disorders treated. Let’s talk!
If any of these sounds familiar, you are not alone. With the right guidance, things can get better.
Next Steps
First
Free Phone Consultation (15min)
Go to the Request Appointment button. We can discuss your reason for seeking care. You can hear more about my approach, and you can decide if Tomorrow’s Hope is a good option for you.
Second
Client Portal Invitation
I will email you an invitation to the client portal for you to set up an account. Once you accept the invitation, I will email you an intake form packet that should take about 30-45 minutes to complete.
Third
Psychiatric Evaluation (60 min)
I will listen to your story and learn about your history, successes, and challenges. We will discuss a treatment plan, and may order lab work if necessary. Times may vary depending on your situation.
Fourth
Follow-up appointments (generally 30-45 min) will be scheduled every 2 weeks for the first 2-3 months to review treatment response and make any necessary adjustments. We wll review any lab results and adjustments to the treatment plan.
Scheduling Questions?
If you have any questions regarding scheduling your appointment, please call or email me, and I will help you get the appointment scheduled that you need .
These times are not absolute. Occasionally, you may be feeling overwhelmed with life. If you are experiencing an increase in symptoms and you feel you need to be seen before your next scheduled appointment, please contact me. I can schedule an extended appointment so that you will have extra time to talk and I allow extra time in my schedule to listen. It is important to me that you do not feel rushed or hurried during your appointment. I will do my best to schedule an extended visit to allow you extra time to discuss your concerns, while respecting other patients’ appointment times.
All appointments are scheduled within designated time frames. Please understand that every patient, including you, is important to me. I will always do my best to stay within the designated times to be considerate to all patients who have scheduled an appointment and are paying for a service.
If you are late for an appointment, I will make every effort to work you in. Please understand that there will be times that I may not be able to accommodate you the same day. I will do my best to give you the first available, however I cannot make any guarantees that you will be worked on a particular day or a particular time. There are things that are out of our control, so I will address the issue when it occurs.
Is This the Right Fit?
This practice may be a good fit if you are looking for:
A provider who takes time to listen and understand your needs
A provider who will attempt to find the root cause(s) of your feeling “stuck” or “something is off”
Thoughtful discussion about treatment options
A balance of therapy, lifestyle support, and medication when appropriate
Care for adolescents, young adults, adults, and families in a respectful, supportive environment
A collaborative approach where your goals and preferences matter
Educational support on the diagnosis, treatment options, and knowing when to ask for help
Get Started
Let me help you and your family get started on your journey to functioning better at home, school, work, and everywhere else life takes you!
