Upstream Behavioral Health

03/19/2026

There’s nothing I love more than supporting the league that holds so many of my childhood memories! I grew up at the fields and learned so many life lessons through playing sports. I was on a softball team that lost every game for 2 years. When you ask the catcher to pitch you know you have a problem! 😂 The winning team may get a trophy but being on a losing team builds character. Perseverance, determination, and resilience are life lessons I carry everyday as a business owner, therapist, and soldier. Better than a trophy collecting dust! And if anyone is wondering, yes, our coach felt bad so did not deprive us of DQ for the whole two years! 🍦 🥎 💪

02/03/2026

Thanks to everyone who sent in pictures of stillness for January! Let’s keep it going this month!

01/14/2026

12/08/2025

08/07/2025

🧠Therapy Isn't Just Talking — It's Healing Work❤️

This week so far (15 sessions), I used over 10 therapeutic modalities and 30+ clinical interventions to support my clients through trauma, anxiety, depression, stress, and life transitions.

✨ Some of the tools in the therapy toolbox this week:

* Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) – challenging distorted thoughts and building new patterns
* EMDR – helping clients process trauma in a safe and structured way
* Person-Centered Therapy – offering unconditional support and empathy
* Trauma-Focused CBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT), and even Faith-Based Counseling

🔧 Interventions I used:

* Cognitive restructuring
* Socratic questioning
* EMDR prep and orientation
* Trauma narrative processing
* Strengths-based reframing
* Psychoeducation on boundaries, self-care, and trauma responses
* Emotional validation
* Values clarification and spiritual integration

Therapy isn't one-size-fits-all. It’s not venting while someone nods. It’s intentional. It’s skilled. It’s personalized healing through evidence-based techniques grounded in science, empathy, and faith.

❤️ If you've ever wondered if therapy could help, know this: There are *many* tools, and together, we’ll find the ones that work best for you. 💪

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07/18/2025

One of my favorite things is measuring client progress over time. I am a bit of a data nerd! This is an actual client who committed to trauma-informed, evidence-based therapy using EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing).

Symptoms were drastically reduced in 3 months (12 sessions) and maintained through bi-weekly and then monthly sessions over 7 months.

🧠 PTSD symptoms- Goodbye.
🧠 Anxiety- No thanks.
🧠 Depression- We ain't got time for that.

When therapy is grounded in research and guided by data, we’re not just hoping for change—we're tracking it. EMDR isn't magic—it's neuroscience in action. When therapy moves beyond talk and into transforming the nervous system true healing can happen.