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Rick Reynolds, LCSW

President and Founder, Affair Recovery

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Andrew Crump

Chief Executive Officer

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Tony Colvin

Vice President of Operations

Tony joined Affair Recovery in June 2022 after spending 16 years in vocational ministry. In his various ministry roles, he got to see firsthand the impact that the team and programs at AR had in helping save many marriages and giving hope to participants in very difficult situations. He is passionate about seeing relationships, individuals, and families restored and is grateful to be part of the AR Team!

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Melissa Fisher

Director of Groups

Melissa is passionate about helping those in crisis find hope and healing. Having personally experienced the pain of infidelity, she feels honored to devote her gifts and talents to a mission committed to restoring those in crisis to extraordinary lives of meaning and purpose.

Melissa joined AR in December 2022, bringing with her a passion for community and the personal growth and healing that is possible through it. Having spent a decade in sexual and relational brokenness, she knows first-hand the power of healing that can come in a small group setting. Melissa is honored to serve the Group Leader Management team as they work together to create safe communities of healing and transformation. Her past experience includes public education, business leadership, ministry, executive coaching, speaking, and writing. When not working, Melissa enjoys trail running with her chocolate lab, Sadie.

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John Pisciotta

Videographer

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Alicia

Course Coordinator and Billing Specialist

As Course Coordinator and Billing Specialist, Alicia is often the first person people talk with after they've been referred to Affair Recovery. As a betrayed spouse, she has a heart for those who are in pain. She has an incredible story of hope of her own; one of divorce and personal healing in 2010, then later followed by reconciliation and remarriage to her ex-husband. Alicia has served as a Group Leader for more than 45 Harboring Hope and EMS Online courses - and counting. She also regularly serves at EMS Weekends alongside the rest of the EMS Weekend team to help coordinate these life-changing retreats.

"I believe wholeheartedly in the methodology and principles of Affair Recovery. Thanks to the knowledge that my husband and I have learned we have been happily remarried for many years - living a life neither of us ever dreamed possible."

Alicia feels blessed to have left her career in legal services to partner with Affair Recovery to help thousands of people in crisis each year.

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Emily

Course Coordinator and Customer Care

Emily, a Hope for Healing alum, is humbled to participate in the work of Affair Recovery as the EMS Online Course Coordinator and part of the Customer Care team. She is passionate about helping others find healing and hope.

Before joining the Affair Recovery team full-time, Emily had careers in both the education and construction fields. Emily and her husband enjoy playing music and doing Spartan races together, traveling, and their sweet rescue pup Bella.

"I am continually in awe of how God can transform brokenness and use it for His glory."

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Candace

Course Coordinator and Customer Care

Candace is honored to be a part of the Affair Recovery team. Her Customer Care & Course Coordinator role allows her to give back and encourage participants as they enter into recovery. Candace began her own healing journey in late 2020 by taking EMS Online. Shortly after that, she enrolled in Harboring Hope. Her treasured Married for Life group meets regularly for ongoing education and support. Candace feels privileged to fulfill a personal and professional goal, "To restore those in crisis to extraordinary lives of meaning and purpose." Candace loves taking road trips with her husband up the coast of California to visit their twin daughters in college. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, wine tasting, and relaxing on the beach.

"One day, you will tell your story of how you overcame what you went through, and it will become someone else's survival guide." Research Professor and Bestselling Author, Brené Brown

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JR

Group Leader Manager

JR originally found Affair Recovery after discovery of his wife's infidelity. They attended an EMS Weekend several years ago, and attribute the experience and guidance they received, as the primary reason their marriage survived. Following EMS Weekend, they participated in Affair Recovery's Online Courses, JR took Harboring Hope and his wife took Hope for Healing, both of which were invaluable in their individual healing. They were so impressed with the methodology and small group environment that they both began facilitating EMS Online groups and JR also began leading Harboring Hope groups for men. Now JR uses this experience to help others as they explore becoming Group Leaders and to support them as they facilitate groups themselves. JR came to Affair Recovery after retiring from the aerospace industry.

"Having the opportunity to work with the AR Team to help couples and individuals on their recovery journey was something only God could have orchestrated. Working at Affair Recovery has been the most rewarding work experience I've ever had."

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Rodney

Group Leader Manager

As a Group Leader Manager, Rodney works directly with Group Leaders who help couples and individuals rebuild their lives after infidelity. After confessing his own infidelity, Rodney and his wife Angela participated in Affair Recovery's EMS Online course through their church. He credits this program for saving his life, restoring his hope, and healing his marriage. The course empowered him with resources that he didn't know existed, and it gave him a fresh, new perspective on what he thought he knew about marriage. After experiencing such a strong sense of freedom from participating in this course, Rodney knew he had to join the Affair Recovery team. He wanted to be part of the healing, the hope, and the peace that they provide to couples strained by infidelity.

Rodney and his wife have served as Group Leaders and as the Mentor Couple for EMS Weekends. To further his individual healing, Rodney has attended Affair Recovery's Harboring Hope and Hope for Healing courses. He is a licensed and ordained minister who's served in leadership ministry since age 17. Before joining Affair Recovery, Rodney served as a worship pastor/leader for more than 25 years. Rodney received his bachelor's from the University of Iowa and his master's from Criswell College. He is a certified Sexual Recovery Pastoral Counselor under the American Association for Sex Addiction Therapy.

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Ashley

Group Leader Manager

Ashley finds great joy in working directly with her community of wonderful Group Leaders by coming alongside them as they guide and offer hope to other people impacted by the trauma of infidelity. Ashley has had an expansive career since graduating from Bradley University with a degree in International Studies, but nothing in her professional life has been as rewarding and meaningful as working with Affair Recovery.

Ashley came to AR in 2017 as a hurting spouse, following the discovery of infidelity in her marriage, and she credits the Harboring Hope course with giving her a framework for her personal healing. After the restoration of her marriage, Ashley became a Harboring Hope Group Leader, where she could use her personal experience to offer encouragement and support to women going through the unique pain of infidelity trauma. In June of 2021, she got the opportunity to join the Affair Recovery team full-time.

Ashley and her husband Matt are parents to 3 beautiful little girls who make them laugh every day. Her favorite activities are spending time with family and friends, staying active in church, traveling, eating food she didn't have to cook, reading, gardening, and learning new things.

"With lots of recovery work and God's infinite grace, my marriage was restored and redeemed."

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Pablo

Group Leader Manager

Pablo is passionate about his family, digital ministries, and the transformational power of the Affair Recovery community. A few months after disclosing his infidelity, he and his wife, Jenny, started their recovery journey with EMS Online. They later began to lead EMS Online groups and, in time, added Hope for Healing, Harboring Hope, and Beyond EMS Weekend groups. Their recovery continues through leading groups and connecting with individuals on the route to an extraordinary marriage.

As a Group Leader Manager, Pablo enjoys sharing hope through his healing journey and supporting leaders as agents of change. With a theology degree and a master's in educational administration, Pablo discovered in Affair Recovery an avenue to lead individuals to extraordinary lives of service to humanity and for eternity.

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Amber

Group Leader Manager

A strong believer in the power of small-group-based recovery and a previous Hope for Healing leader, Amber joins the team as a Group Leader Manager. Following disclosure of her infidelity in 2011, she and her husband, Larry, struggled for a year before being referred to Affair Recovery. AR had what they needed to begin the journey toward healing their individual struggles as well as their relationship as a couple. In the past year, Larry and Amber have served as an alumni couple at EMS Weekends and as Beyond EMS Group Leaders.

In Amber's experience, the gentle and loving nature of shared experience in small groups quieted her fears just enough to begin hearing God's voice of guidance and grace. Her desire is to contribute to making that same opportunity available to others through work as a Group Leader Manager.

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Lea

Executive Assistant to Rick Reynolds

Lea is all too familiar with the life-altering pain of infidelity, which is why she is so passionate about sharing the hope of complete and total healing with others! Distraught and distrustful, she found AR in December 2018 and quickly registered for Harboring Hope. Little did she know the profound impact that decision would have on her life. Years later, having led more than 30 Harboring Hope groups, Lea joined the AR team in September 2023 as Rick Reynold's Executive Assistant.

The parents of three awesome kids, Lea and her husband, a Hope for Healing alumnus, have experienced full restoration in their marriage and each say the other is their favorite person. Lea credits the power of God working in their hearts and the practical knowledge learned through AR for helping them to not only recover from infidelity but also to thrive in the new-and-improved marriage they've built together!

Lea says, "My life didn't change because God changed my husband. My life changed because I allowed God to change me."

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Autumn Taylor

People Operations Associate

Autumn feels blessed and honored to be a part of carrying out Affair Recovery's mission to restore those in crisis to extraordinary lives of meaning and purpose! Having experienced the weight of this crisis firsthand, she believes wholeheartedly in this beautiful mission.

"In Love's Service, only wounded soldiers can serve."
– Brennan Manning

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Chad Williams

Director of Business Enablement

As Director of Business Enablement, Chad works closely with the leadership team to assess, create and improve processes and systems to improve workflows to support Affair Recovery's growth. Chad and his wife discovered Affair Recovery after hearing Rick Reynolds, LCSW, speak at their church in 2010.

Before joining the team full time in 2013, he served as a Group Leader for several years. At Affair Recovery, Chad discovered a new passion for work that's driven by meaning and purpose. He is amazed and blessed that his career and newfound passion to help others in crisis have aligned, allowing him to spend each day doing what he loves. For fun, Chad enjoys spending time outside fishing on his kayak or backpacking in the wilderness. Enjoying time with his wife, daughter and closest friends are his favorite pastimes

"The number of people who have fled the church because it is too patient or compassionate is negligible; the number who have fled because they find it too unforgiving is tragic."
- Author, priest, and speaker; Brennan Manning

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Clinical Professional Contributors

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John Mark Haney, PhD., LPC

Member, Affair Recovery Expert Panel

John Mark Haney, PhD., is a Licensed Professional Counselor who received his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. He holds post-doctoral certification in sex therapy through the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists, and is licensed by the State of Texas as a counselor supervisor. A member of Affair Recovery's Expert Panel, Haney provides insights and answers during broadcasted, monthly question and answer sessions for betrayed spouses participating in Harboring Hope. From his own experience as a betrayed spouse and clinical professional, Haney has the ability to deeply connect to those in crisis. He is an experienced and enthusiastic writer and speaker. Haney has worked as a full-time college professor, and he continues to teach part-time graduate courses in counseling psychology.

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Wayne Baker, M.A., LPC

Member, Affair Recovery Expert Panel

Wayne is a Licensed Professional Counselor. He left the corporate world of Dell in 1999 after a successful career in international sales and advertising to pursue his lifelong dream of counseling. After graduating from St. Edwards University Wayne worked several years with Rick Reynolds, LCSW and Affair Recovery. In private practice, Wayne works with high-conflict couples and adult individuals impacted by traumatic events including infidelity.

Wayne is the co-author of a chapter on couples relationship for the graduate school textbook, Positive Couple Relationships: The Evidence for Long-Lasting Relationship Satisfaction and Happiness.

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Leslie Hardie, LCSW

Author, Harboring Hope Online Course

Leslie Hardie, LCSW, and Dr. John Haney co-authored and filmed the life-changing Harboring Hope course that has helped thousands of betrayed spouses find healing in the midst of devastation. Leslie pulls from her vast experience to provide answers when filming periodic question and answer videos for Harboring Hope participants. As a betrayed spouse herself, combined with many years of providing infidelity counseling, Leslie brings meaningful insight and compassion to other betrayed spouses who read and watch each chapter of the Harboring Hope curriculum. Leslie is a Licensed Therapist and earned her Masters of Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin.

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Leigh Ashley, M.A., LMFT

Member, Affair Recovery Expert Panel

Leigh is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Austin, Texas. As a trauma-informed therapist, Leigh works with distressed individuals and couples in the areas of infidelity, betrayal, and the developmental trauma that is a frequent precursor to making choices outside one's own value system. Personally acquainted with infidelity and the family dynamics of substance abuse, she leads several groups addressing codependency issues in addition to her clinical practice with teens, young adults, and women. She has been married for over 28 years and has a passion to help her clients work through life's challenges with treatment that is direct and compassionate, non-judgmental and informative, and based on a biblical worldview.

Leigh has a BBA in Marketing from Southwest Texas State University and an MA in Professional Counseling from Texas State University. Her clinical experience includes work in family crisis counseling centers, a domestic violence shelter, and in public and private school systems.

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Jessica McDaniel, LPC

Member, EMS Weekend Specialist

Jessica is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a graduate of UT Austin where she received her BA in Psychology, then went on to receive an MA in Counseling at Denver Seminary. She and her husband are both therapists and have been working with clients since 2008.

Jessica is passionate about her work with clients who are experiencing a number of issues related to betrayal trauma, identity and sexual brokenness, pregnancy grief/loss and postpartum depression. She currently leads groups for Postpartum Support, Perinatal Loss, and Betrayed Wives who have been impacted by Infidelity. As someone who has personally walked through betrayal as well as infidelity herself, Jessica has seen firsthand how hope and healing are possible for anyone willing to work through the pain.

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Ryan McDaniel, LPC

Member, EMS Weekend Specialist

Ryan McDaniel is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a graduate of UT Austin. After completing his undergrad in Psychology, he went on to receive an MA in Counseling at Denver Seminary. Since 2012, he has pursued his passion of helping others with sexual addiction, infidelity, postpartum mood disorders and loss, depression, anxiety, and trauma.

Ryan and his wife, Jessica, both work at the Austin Stone Counseling Center in Austin, Texas and have been working with Affair Recovery since 2017. They have three beautiful girls: Melody and identical twins Riley and Reagan.

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Lisa Hanusch, PhD

Member, EMS Weekend Specialist

Prior to joining Affair Recovery, Lisa's primary focus was on psychological and neuro-psychological evaluations of adults. She joined Affair Recovery in 2008 after seeing how clients, both individuals and couples, were thriving in their journey to spiritual, emotional and relational wholeness through the Affair Recovery courses and support.

Lisa earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Tulsa in 1993, completing her internship at Presbyterian Hospital and her post-doctoral training at Terrell State Hospital, both in the Dallas area. Currently, she is in private practice working with adults who struggle with issues pertaining to depression, anxiety, grief, identity, relationship challenges (including infidelity) and spiritual challenges. Lisa is married and has two grown children and two grown step-children.

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Laurie Bryson, M.A., LPC

Member, EMS Weekend Specialist

Laurie Bryson is a Licensed Professional Counselor who specializes in treating anxiety disorders, addiction and trauma, including infidelity. She's personally felt the pain of infidelity and knows firsthand how life-changing Affair Recovery's EMS Weekends can be. As a member of the EMS Weekend Retreat Team, Laurie is passionate about helping couples experience grace and work toward healing. She received her bachelor's in agriculture economics from Oklahoma State University and, after years of working in the marketing and agriculture industry, earned her master's degree from Covenant Theological Seminary. Laurie has held her own private practice since 2004. She's a native West Texan who now resides outside Saint Louis with her husband Caleb and their two daughters.

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Brad Warren, MS, LPC

Member, EMS Weekend Specialist

Brad is a Licensed Professional Counselor who is passionate about working with those recovering from sex and porn addiction, infidelity, and trauma. After 30 years of silently struggling with sexual addiction, Brad began his recovery work. He and his wife, Kristen attended EMS Weekend in 2012 and it was a life changing experience. While on the recovery journey, he developed a passion for helping others in similar situations. This led him to leave the banking, finance, and medical industry and return to school where he received his Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from Tarleton State University.

Brad received his undergraduate degree in business from Abilene Christian University. He loves cooking, entertaining friends and family, and working in ministry to help men find freedom in Christ.

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Kristen Warren, MS, NCC, LPC

Member, EMS Weekend Specialist

Kristen is a Licensed Professional Counselor who specializes in trauma, infidelity, and insomnia. She received her undergraduate degree in business from Abilene Christian University and worked for many years in the business and healthcare industries before pursuing her master's degree in Mental Health Counseling.

From a young age Kristen witnessed many marriages torn apart due to infidelity and struggled to understand why. After 17 years of marriage, she too experienced the pain of infidelity and attended EMS Weekend with her husband, Brad, in 2012. Having greatly benefitted from EMS Weekend and individual and marriage counseling, she decided to pursue a full-time career in counseling. Kristen and Brad currently reside in Ft. Worth, Texas with their two children.

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Tracey Brock, LPC

Member, EMS Weekend Specialist

Tracey has been a therapist for over 30 years after leaving a career as a CPA because of her own personal journey of betrayal, healing and growth. She has a passion to see people break free from painful patterns of relating to others, God, and themselves in order to experience more intimacy, joy and peace. She specializes in all types of trauma, including betrayal trauma, as well as unresolved issues from childhood, women's issues, anxiety and depression, and couples experiencing conflict and distress who are stuck in a destructive cycle. After being trained in ETT (Emotional Transformation Therapy), she started her own practice in the Austin area, Brock Transformational Therapy.

Tracey and her husband, Mike, have been married for over 30 years and have three grown, married children. Tracey's hobbies include country and western dancing and pickleball.

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Brett Hart, M.A., LPC

Member, EMS Weekend Specialist

Brett is a Licensed Professional Counselor who specializes in working with couples and individuals who are going through the trauma of infidelity. After earning a B.A. in church ministries from Oral Roberts University, Brett served as a pastor and pastoral counselor for 33 years before returning to his alma mater for an M.A. in Professional Counseling. He also completed the Spiritual Direction Certification program at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University and has offered Spiritual Direction for ten years. Since receiving his degree, Brett has also been trained in the Gottman Couples Therapy Method as well as the Gottman Institute's training for treating trauma and affairs.

Brett and his wife personally experienced infidelity and attended an EMS Weekend in 2010. Since then, they have returned many times to serve as the EMS Weekend mentor couple in order to give back the help they once received. Brett has been part of Affair Recovery's staff for several years and has served as a group leader for EMS Online and Hope for Healing as well as assisting in various roles at EMS Weekend. As a member of the EMS Weekend Retreat Team, Brett is dedicated to the work of walking with couples along the difficult path of recovery from infidelity.

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Julie Lopez, M.A., LPC

Member, EMS Weekend Specialist

Julie holds a graduate degree in biological science and enjoyed her first career in that field. She experienced betrayal trauma firsthand, and together with her husband, sought out specialized treatment for the trauma they experienced due to infidelity in their marriage. Their first steps toward recovery began with EMS Weekend. Because of the transformation they experienced in the healing of their marriage, Julie returned to school for a second master's degree in Marriage, Couples, and Family Counseling so she could pursue a career working in the field.

Julie has been trained in specialized treatments for trauma, addiction, and relational conflict. Her interest in the science of trauma, attachment, and neurobiology informs her work with her clients. She focuses her practice on work with couples experiencing marital crisis, first responders, and individuals experiencing symptoms of trauma. She also leads groups for betrayed spouses, those healing after divorce, and partners in trauma recovery. Julie has had a lifelong passion for therapeutic horseback riding and is excited to incorporate equine-assisted therapy into her work with clients. She is very grateful to work with Affair Recovery and contribute to their mission of helping couples and furthering the research and development of better treatments and counseling practices for those going through infidelity.

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Job Lopez, M.A., LPC

Member, EMS Weekend Specialist

Job specializes in working with couples experiencing trauma, infidelity, and addiction. After struggling with porn addiction for about 25 years, including emotional and physical affairs, he and his wife, Julie, attended EMS Weekend, which set their marriage on a path of healing and recovery. That is what led Job to return to school to obtain an M.A. in professional counseling and join the counseling team at Affair Recovery.

Job implements evidence-based interdisciplinary approaches to treat trauma, betrayal trauma, infidelity, and addiction. He has extensive experience in biomedical research, which he implements in his practice. Job is fascinated with the neuroscience of trauma, shame, and addiction and how they impact relationships and recovery. He actively leads addiction recovery programs, counseling groups, and intensives. Job is trained in several approaches to help others recover from a myriad of traumatic events. He and Julie consider it a great privilege to co-counsel couples who are recovering from infidelity.

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Peter F. Daniels, III, MSEE LCSW Supervisor

Member, EMS Weekend Specialist

Peter is passionate about igniting hope and hunger in the hearts of men to live Fully Alive. He is certified sex addiction therapist (CSAT) and holds two masters of science degrees, one in electrical engineering and the other from the University of Texas-Austin in social work. Peter was called into this work after beginning treatment for a 17-year porn addiction and attending one of the early EMS Weekends in 2000.

As part of his calling, Peter founded and led a non-profit for 18 years that serves the homeless in Austin, Texas, through substance abuse treatment and housing and case management services. Peter and his wife Janessa (also a LCSW) own Therapy Works ATX where they provide therapy and consultation services. Peter also designs and creates many of the tools used by advanced therapists trained in Emotional Transformation Therapy (ETT). He is a very proud father of a young adult son and is active in men's ministry at his church. Peter likes to build, create, and fix all kinds of stuff!

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Karen Baker, Graduate Counseling Student,

Supervised by Rick Reynolds LCSW

Member, Specialist Panel

Karen is in the home stretch of her Master's of Education in Counseling and Development, completing her clinical hours by seeing clients at Crossroads Counseling under the supervision of Rick Reynolds. After enduring Betrayal Trauma, Karen developed a passion for assisting other betrayed partners in their journey to grieve, find hope, and rebuild their lives following such a life-shattering event. A yoga instructor since 2023, Karen has utilized her skills in emotional regulation and meditation to aid clients in crisis, helping them become more grounded and fostering a space of internal support.

Karen identifies as a trauma-informed, attachment-based therapist with a Relational Cultural and Person-Centered perspective when working with clients. She examines how culture and larger systems influence individuals and their reasons for showing up. Trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Emotional Transformational Therapy, and Internal Family Systems, Karen begins with the question "What happened to you?" rather than "What is wrong with you?" Using the tools of EMDR and ETT, she compassionately accompanies her clients, aiding them in processing trauma.

Karen aspires to focus her practice on working with individuals who have experienced trauma, betrayal trauma, women's issues, depression, and anxiety.