About

Show up how you are.

I invite you into a space where you can be authentically you. There are no expectations of how you show up and no “right” way of being in therapy, nor is there no one “right way” of how our work will appear.

Therapy with me is not “a one-size-fits-all” in treatment but instead pertains to your specific needs. You are what matters most here.

This space is inclusive and welcoming space for all folx.

In my practice, I welcome people of all sizes, abilities, races, sexualities, genders, and religions.

I believe traditional psychotherapy can often focus on pathologies and fail to consider how trauma and oppression impact an individual.

Sometimes, therapy can also place the therapist in the role of power or ‘all-knower.’ In contrast, I firmly believe my clients have the wisdom to know what they need for healing. I see myself as a collaborator in people’s therapeutic journeys.

Therapy helps connect the dots.

My earlier career working with children gives me insight into how we behave and think as adults. You did the absolute best possible as a kid and growing up and may have figured out a lot on your own. Or maybe you didn’t feel you could make any of your choices.

Regardless, you made the best decisions to gain as much connection and safety as possible with those around you, and often, the patterns and behaviors that used to serve us in the past aren’t helping the way they once did.

We’ll connect the dots between your past and the present, process old wounds, learn the skills to communicate more effectively and find the courage to live unashamed.

Words are not always enough.

I felt something was missing as I deepened into my psychotherapy work. Many of my clients could talk in detail about their feelings yet were still confused and disconnected from themselves and others. Or they couldn’t find the words for a feeling or experience they knew was in them.

As I studied more about trauma, I learned how the body plays an essential role in its treatment.

So, I decided to pursue advanced training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, a body-centered approach that aims to treat symptoms of unresolved trauma. I then began learning and integrating  Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, which engages in bilateral stimulation to treat traumatic memories.

With this approach, we’ll get to know feelings that possibly were not processed – either from a big event like a car accident or with things more subtle in daily life. Those subtleties may be the story we tell ourselves, like “I am not enough” or “I am too much.”

Focusing on the mind-body connection allows us to treat your WHOLE SELF and appreciate long-lasting change.

Take the next step and grow.

This work can be complicated and messy, but it’s worth the effort. Therapy will take time, patience, curiosity, and compassion.

Therapy may be one of the hardest things you do, and will also be one of the best.

I look forward to working with you to help you understand how you got here and where you’d like to go next.