If you’re dealing with stress, tough experiences, chronic illness, grief, burnout, anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, or similar challenges, Arminda believes that a strong therapeutic relationship and the right tools can help you recover and grow.

Arminda uses a practical, cognitive-behavioral, skills-based approaches to help you feel better. She creates a supportive space where you can work through the overwhelm that’s making it hard to move forward. She values your decision to seek help and believes that, with the right support, you can improve your well-being.

Outside of work, Arminda enjoys reading, gardening, cooking, exercising, road trips, community service, learning, serving at church, and spending time with family and friends. She is also a Board-Approved Supervisor for Supervisees in Social Work and has specialization certificates in social work and trauma practice, pastoral care, horticulture therapy, and functional nutrition.

Areas of Interest Treatment Approaches

Anger Management
Anxiety
Caregiver Burden
Chronic Disease
Coping Skills
Depression
Grief/Loss
Insomnia/Sleep
Occupational Burnout
OCD
Self-Esteem
Spirituality/Faith
Stress Management
PTSD/Trauma

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Emotion Efficacy Therapy (EET)
Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)
Motivational Interviewing
Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)
Positive Psychology
Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE)
Strengths-based
Solution-Focused
Trauma-Informed
Written Exposure Therapy (WET)