(she/her)
New to Grow
I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over two decades of experience supporting individuals and couples through life’s real and often complicated moments. My style is warm, direct, and collaborative. I’m not just here to listen, but to help you make sense of what you’re experiencing and begin moving toward meaningful change. I bring both clinical expertise and a real-world, down-to-earth approach, creating a space where you can be honest, feel supported, and also be gently challenged when needed.
Our first session is about getting a clear understanding of you what’s bringing you in, what you’ve been carrying, and what you’re hoping will be different. We’ll talk through your current concerns, your background, and any patterns you’ve noticed, while also beginning to identify goals for our work together. You can expect a conversation that feels natural and engaging not clinical or overwhelming where you don’t have to have everything figured out. My role is to guide the process, ask thoughtful questions, and start helping you connect the dots so you can begin this work with clarity and intention.
One of my greatest strengths is my ability to quickly understand what’s beneath the surface, I listen for patterns, not just problems, and help clients connect the dots in ways that bring clarity and relief. I create a space that feels both safe and productive, where clients feel seen and supported, but also challenged to grow beyond what’s been keeping them stuck. I also bring a balance of clinical expertise and real-life perspective. With over two decades of experience, I know how to meet clients where they are while helping them move toward meaningful, sustainable change. Clients often share that they appreciate how natural and engaging our work feels like a real conversation that leads somewhere rather than something overly clinical or surface-level.
My ideal client is someone who is functioning on the outside but feeling stretched, uncertain, or disconnected on the inside often navigating relationships, life transitions, or identity shifts while trying to “hold it all together.” They come to therapy, reflective, open to growth, and ready to do deeper work, even if they don’t fully have the language for it yet. My clients are often a high-capacity professional, partner, and/or parent who is tired of repeating the same patterns and wants to feel more grounded, clear, and aligned in how they shows up in their life and relationships. They value having a space where they can be both challenged and supported, and where their emotional experience, faith (if important), and cultural context are all respected and integrated into the work.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns, develop practical coping strategies, and create meaningful behavioral change in their daily lives. Using CBT in a practical, real-life way helps clients slow down and make sense of the patterns between their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors so they can respond differently, not just react on autopilot.
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
Through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), I support clients in increasing psychological flexibility, learning to sit with difficult emotions, and taking intentional steps toward living in alignment with their values. ACT shows up in my work as helping clients stop fighting themselves. We focus on making space for what’s real, while still choosing how to move forward in ways that align with who they want to be.
Faith based therapy
When it is meaningful to the client, I integrate faith-based perspectives to support healing, drawing on spiritual principles as a source of strength, guidance, and deeper understanding. For clients who value faith, I naturally weave it into the work not in a forced way, but as a grounding source of meaning, identity, and direction when navigating life’s harder seasons.
Culturally Sensitive Therapy
I provide culturally sensitive care by honoring each client’s unique background, identity, and lived experiences, ensuring that therapy feels respectful, relevant, and aligned with who they are. I’m intentional about creating a space where clients don’t have to explain or shrink parts of who they are. I consider the full context of their lived experience, culture, environment, and identity so the work actually fits their real life, not just theory.