Belinda views each client as a precious and developing child of God with individual priorities and needs.   She empathically “holds” client’s vulnerable or conflicted state while partnering with them to facilitate healing, resilience, and/or growth that is personally meaningful, practical, and both trauma and culturally informed. Belinda serves adults dealing with anxiety, depression and other mood disorders, trauma/PTSD, life transitions, relationship issues, self-esteem, stress, loss, grief, and other clinical mental health needs or diagnoses. She is especially sensitive to the needs of women, trauma survivors, and minority groups (bilingual-Spanish & English speaking).

Belinda’s integrative counseling approach is informed by her clinical mental health counseling M.S. degree training from Southern Adventist University; past occupational therapy healthcare professional experience; lessons learned within real-life relationships and roles context; and ongoing professional development.  This has included additional training in EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing), trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, comprehensive trauma treatment, and Prepare Enrich pre-marital/marriage counseling. 

Valuing customized treatment, Belinda also includes mindfulness, somatic, strength-based, and dialectical behavior therapy principles and techniques.  In her own lifestyle, Belinda prioritizes holistic wellness that includes spirituality from a biblical perspective. She incorporates these into counseling when the context is appropriate and the client is interested. 

Belinda primarily practices at the Transformation Center in Chattanooga and Cleveland, TN.  She enjoys outdoor walks or hikes; sensory grounding in nature; small group Bible study; meaningful time with God, family, and new or old friends; traveling; and some wholesome humor and laughter.