(she/her)
New to Grow
I’m a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with extensive experience helping teens, adults, couples, and families navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, high functioning Autism Spectrum, relationship challenges, life transitions, stress, emotional overwhelm, and family conflict. I provide a warm, nonjudgmental space where clients can feel emotionally safe while also being genuinely challenged toward growth and healing. My approach is compassionate, insightful, and practical. I help clients better understand themselves, develop healthier coping skills, improve relationships, strengthen boundaries, and create lasting emotional change — not just temporary symptom relief. I especially enjoy working with high-functioning individuals who are used to being strong for everyone else but are ready to finally receive support themselves.
Your first session is a supportive, collaborative space where we begin getting to know each other and identifying what brought you to therapy. You do not need to have everything figured out before you begin. Many clients come in feeling overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, uncertain, or simply tired of carrying everything alone. During our first session, we will discuss your current concerns, emotional experiences, personal history, relationships, stressors, goals, and what you hope to gain from therapy. I will also help you identify patterns that may be contributing to emotional distress or keeping you stuck. My style is warm, grounded, interactive, and compassionate. Clients often appreciate that I balance empathy with honesty, insight, and practical guidance. Together, we will begin creating a treatment approach tailored to your unique needs, strengths, personality, and life experiences. Most importantly, the first session is about helping you feel heard, understood, and hopeful that meaningful change is possible.
One of my greatest strengths as a therapist is my ability to create a space where clients feel both emotionally safe and deeply understood. Many of my clients have spent years feeling unheard, dismissed, misunderstood, emotionally exhausted, or responsible for carrying everyone else’s needs while neglecting their own. I work to help clients feel genuinely seen while also helping them move toward meaningful and lasting change. I have experience working with a wide range of concerns including trauma, PTSD, anxiety, depression, ADHD, family conflict, relationship challenges, emotional dysregulation, grief, stress, self-esteem issues, anger, and life transitions. I have worked with clients across the lifespan and from many different backgrounds and life experiences. Clients often describe me as compassionate, insightful, calming, direct when needed, and easy to talk to. I believe therapy should not feel cold, robotic, or judgmental. I work to build authentic therapeutic relationships where clients feel comfortable being honest about difficult emotions, experiences, fears, and patterns. My therapeutic approach combines emotional support with practical skill-building and deeper self-awareness. I help clients identify unhealthy cycles, improve communication, develop stronger coping strategies, establish healthier boundaries, process difficult emotions, and better understand how past experiences may still be impacting their present lives. I also recognize the importance of cultural experiences, identity, family systems, generational patterns, and environmental stressors in shaping emotional health. I strive to provide care that is respectful, affirming, culturally aware, and individualized to each client’s unique needs and lived experiences. I believe healing is possible even when people feel stuck, discouraged, burned out, or emotionally overwhelmed. My goal is not simply to help clients “get through the week,” but to help them build insight, resilience, emotional stability, and skills that support long-term well-being and healthier relationships.
I work well with adolescents ages 13+ and adults from diverse cultural, professional, and personal backgrounds who are motivated to create meaningful change in their lives and relationships. My ideal clients may be navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, family conflict, relationship challenges, life transitions, identity concerns, emotional overwhelm, burnout, or difficulties with communication and emotional regulation. I especially value working with clients who are open to self-reflection, willing to engage consistently in the therapeutic process, and interested in developing practical long-term skills that support healthier thinking, coping, relationships, and emotional functioning. My approach is collaborative, supportive, culturally aware, and goal-oriented, allowing me to work effectively with individuals, and families ranging from professionals and caregivers to students, creatives, entrepreneurs, and everyday individuals managing the demands of daily life. I work best with people who want a respectful, and empowering therapeutic environment where clients feel heard, challenged, supported, and equipped to make sustainable progress both personally and relationally.
Other specialties
I identify as
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I have extensive experience using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with children, adolescents, adults, and families across a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, anger management, stress, relationship difficulties, and behavioral challenges. In my practice, I use CBT to help clients identify and evaluate unhelpful thought patterns, improve emotional regulation, develop healthier coping strategies, and replace self-defeating beliefs with more balanced and effective ways of thinking. I integrate practical skill-building, psychoeducation, behavioral interventions, and goal-oriented strategies to help clients create meaningful, sustainable changes in daily functioning and overall well-being.
Trauma-Focused CBT
I have experience using Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with children, adolescents, adults, and families impacted by trauma, PTSD, abuse, grief, family conflict, community violence, and other adverse life experiences. In my practice, I use TF-CBT to help clients process traumatic experiences in a safe and supportive manner while developing emotional regulation, coping, communication, and stress-management skills. I help clients identify trauma-related thought patterns, reduce emotional distress, strengthen resilience, and build healthier beliefs about themselves, others, and the world while supporting improved daily functioning and emotional well-being.
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
I have experience using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with adolescents, adults, and families experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, life transitions, emotional dysregulation, and relationship challenges. In my practice, I use ACT to help clients increase psychological flexibility by developing greater awareness of thoughts, emotions, and behavioral patterns without becoming overwhelmed or controlled by them. I help clients build mindfulness skills, strengthen acceptance strategies, clarify personal values, and take meaningful actions aligned with the life they want to create, supporting greater resilience, emotional balance, and healthier long-term functioning.
Psychoeducation
I have experience providing Psychoeducation to children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families across a variety of mental health and behavioral concerns. In my practice, I use psychoeducation to help clients better understand emotional, behavioral, relational, and trauma-related patterns while increasing awareness of symptoms, triggers, coping skills, and treatment strategies. I provide practical, easy-to-understand information that empowers clients to make informed decisions, improve communication, increase self-awareness, and actively participate in their personal growth and treatment process.
Motivational Interviewing
I have experience using Motivational Interviewing with adolescents and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, behavioral challenges, substance-related concerns, life transitions, and difficulties with motivation or change. In my practice, I use motivational interviewing to help clients explore ambivalence, strengthen internal motivation, and identify personal goals and values that support positive behavioral change. I utilize collaborative communication, reflective listening, and nonjudgmental support to help clients increase confidence, enhance self-efficacy, and move toward healthier and more productive choices.