Karibuni is Swahili for "welcome everyone." The Karibuni Center is dedicated to providing counseling and psychotherapy services for individuals and couples struggling with a variety of emotional and mental health issues.
My work with couples began as a wedding photographer in 2006. After years of capturing special moments for newlyweds to enjoy throughout the years of their relationship, I decided I wanted to focus on helping couples create enriched, loving and life-long marriages and relationships. During this time, I also saw needs in the lives of individual men and women facing an ever changing cultural and relational landscape. With these realizations, I put my camera aside and began my training as a professional counselor.
With empathy and compassion, I work with individuals and couples to provide practical and experiential solutions to life’s struggles and problems. I seek first to understand and enter into an individual’s story with the care and respect that is deserved. I believe in the potential for each person to change, and for each couple to grow closer in their bond together. Passionate about working through issues people face today, I am excited to walk with each person as they grow into the fullest parts of themselves. I hold an M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and am a Licesned Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Colorado. Additionally, I received training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for marriage counseling and couples counseling.
Karibuni is Swahili for “welcome everyone.” Often written on signs in Kenya, or expressed in greeting to guest at one’s home, it conveys genuine hospitality, acceptance and honor. Culturally, the different people groups of East Africa are very communal and value relationships. Often times friends and acquaintances drop by each other’s homes unannounced and are welcomed with tea, conversation and friendship. With surprising similarity, complete strangers can approach a foreign door and expect to receive the same type of hospitality that they would experience from a close friend or relative.
The concept of this center, a place where each person can come and feel welcomed and accepted, grew out of my own experience growing up in Kenya and Uganda, where I was exposed to this kind of hospitality. Once welcomed, one can expect to receive their hosts undivided attention. In these situations guests are the priority, and it is an honor to sit with them and converse for hours.
