Everybody has a story. Whether you view that story as positive or negative, comfortable or uncomfortable, it is your story. My goal is for you to write your story the way you want it to be. I always say that my primary goal is that you leave the office with a fraction more hope then when you walked into my office.
I served my country with honor in the United States Army for 5 years. Upon reaching a decision point that was best for me and my family, I separated after 5 years and began a 3 year career in the United States Army National Guard. Simultaneously, I took a job as a security officer in a major Community Hospital. Part of my duties as a security officer were to help people with mental health challenges and addictions from a Safety and Security standpoint, while my duties in the National Guard as a chaplain's assistant was to exemplify empathy, compassion, and provide for the soldiers religious needs. The ultimate result of the combination of these two fields was a newfound love for other people's mental health challenges and a desire to find new and challenging ways to inspire, encourage, and empower the people I was serving.
To make a long story short, I went to school and acquired both my bachelor's degree in psychology as well as my master's degree in counseling with the emphasis of marriage, family, and Children Therapy. I also interned in some very exciting and engaging locations with wonderful supervisors who helped me to reach my ultimate goal: that I am now a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and soon to be a Licensed Professional Counselor.
Throughout my career of now 13 plus years, I have worked with a plethora of diverse populations, client types, and cultures. My specialties so far have been in premarital and marriage counseling, trauma recovery, and addiction recovery.
I have endeavored to expand my knowledge and expertise by attaining certifications in Wellness Recovery Action Plan, Nurturing Parenting, Abusive- Traumatic and Emotionally Destructive Marriages (ATEM), and I am currently still striving for mastery in Symbolic Modeling.
When I am not trying to help people, I enjoy spending time with my beautiful wife of 16 years and my two boys.
You can usually find me reading my Bible, studying some form of therapy curricula or textbook, enjoying 18 holes on a disc golf course, or playing a video game with my kids.
Big Steps in Wellness proudly accepts the following insurances: Aetna, Anthem, Cinga, United Healthcare, Friday, Optum/ Optum Veterans
HSA and FSA also accepted
716 North 22nd Street Suite 115 Ozark 65721, United States
417-844-2338 andrea@bigstepsinwellness.com LMFT 2021023240 PLPC 2021018560
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