I began my career as a social worker driven by a passion to advocate for individuals and groups who are often overlooked and under served. Through my education, I developed a love for psychology and human behavior in the social environment. My early work in residential child care led to experiences providing experiential, equine assisted and individual counseling to youth. This work included families because to treat a child, one must treat the family. As my career progressed, I worked with advocacy groups in foster care, runaway youth, homelessness and human trafficking. This led to working with adults and addressing trauma and neglect. Stepping into private practice allows me to directly impact healing and change. I believe individual change brings social change.

I work best with clients who experience mood instability and trauma responses which lead to maladaptive behavior patterns, such as panic attacks, insomnia, overthinking and depression.

I tell all my clients to trust the journey. Healing and change are not immediate, but like any other exercise, with practice and time, lasting results come.

In our first few sessions you can expect to feel safe and welcomed. Together, we will develop a change plan tailored to your individual needs. We will measure progress incrementally to build your confidence in skills learned and reinforce utilization.

I believe in treating the whole person, which is why spirituality and mindfulness is encouraged in my practice. I also love how neuro-psychology is giving evidence to what was once theory. We know there is research that shows how these tools, guided imagery, relaxation, positive thinking, actually change the brain and strengthen neuroplasticity.

I believe the client is the driver; I am simply the navigation system. I encourage clients to inform me of their desired outcomes and ask them to help create personalized interventions.