(she/her)
New to Grow
I’m a therapist with nearly 20 years of experience in counseling and education, specializing in anxiety, ADHD, stress, emotional regulation, and relationship dynamics. I work with adults and couples from a strengths-based, culturally aware, and practical perspective, helping clients better understand themselves while building healthier patterns and coping strategies. My style is warm, direct, reflective, and collaborative while balancing emotional insight with real-life tools that support meaningful and sustainable change.
During the first session, clients can expect a welcoming, nonjudgmental space where we begin exploring what brought them to therapy, what has been feeling difficult, and what they hope to gain from the process. I’ll ask questions to better understand your experiences, patterns, stressors, relationships, strengths, and overall goals so we can start building a treatment approach that feels personalized and realistic for you. The first session is also an opportunity for you to get a feel for my style and determine whether we are a good therapeutic fit. My approach tends to be conversational, reflective, and collaborative while still providing structure and direction. Clients often describe me as warm, insightful, direct, and easy to talk to. You do not need to have everything figured out before starting therapy. Whether you arrive with a clear goal or simply know that something feels overwhelming, we can work together to better understand what’s going on and identify meaningful next steps.
What stands out about my therapeutic approach is the balance between emotional depth, practical tools, and honest reflection. I help clients not only understand why they feel, think, or react the way they do, but also develop realistic strategies that improve day-to-day functioning and relationships. My approach is strengths-based, collaborative, culturally aware, and tailored to the individual rather than “one-size-fits-all.” I integrate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, narrative approaches, and emotional regulation strategies depending on each client’s needs and goals. Clients often come to me feeling overwhelmed, mentally overextended, emotionally reactive, disconnected, or stuck in patterns they intellectually understand but struggle to change. I work especially well with clients navigating anxiety, ADHD, stress, burnout, identity-related pressures, relationship difficulties, and life transitions. Many clients appreciate that I can hold space for serious emotional work while also being direct, grounded, and practical. Therapy with me is not about perfection or performative healing, it’s more so about developing insight, improving emotional regulation, strengthening self-awareness, and creating healthier, more sustainable patterns over time.
I am best positioned to work with adults and couples who are feeling overwhelmed, emotionally stuck, disconnected from themselves, or exhausted from constantly trying to “hold it all together.” Many of the clients I work with are navigating anxiety, ADHD, stress, burnout, emotional regulation difficulties, relationship challenges, identity-related pressures, or major life transitions. I especially connect well with women, LGBTQIA+/gender-diverse clients, neurodivergent individuals, and people who are used to functioning at a high level externally while struggling internally. Many of my clients are insightful, self-aware, and capable, but feel mentally overextended, emotionally drained, or unsure how to break long-standing patterns that no longer serve them. I work well with clients who want more than surface-level coping skills. Many are seeking deeper understanding of themselves, healthier relationships, improved boundaries, increased emotional stability, stronger self-concept, or a more sustainable way of living and functioning. I also support couples who want to improve communication, reduce conflict cycles, rebuild emotional connection, and better navigate stress together. Clients who tend to benefit most from my approach are open to reflection, willing to explore patterns honestly, and interested in practical tools that can be applied in real life, not just discussed in theory.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I regularly use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in my practice to help clients better understand the relationship between their thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and nervous system responses. CBT is especially effective for concerns such as anxiety, ADHD-related overwhelm, stress, self-criticism, emotional regulation difficulties, and relationship patterns. My experience with CBT includes helping clients identify unhelpful thought patterns, challenge distorted beliefs, improve coping strategies, and develop healthier behavioral responses in everyday situations. I often work with clients who experience overthinking, perfectionism, catastrophic thinking, people-pleasing patterns, emotional reactivity, avoidance, or difficulty managing stress. In practice, I use CBT in a collaborative and practical way rather than in a rigid or overly clinical manner. Sessions may include: - identifying triggers and automatic thoughts - examining patterns that reinforce anxiety or emotional distress - challenging self-critical thinking - improving emotional awareness and regulation - developing more balanced and realistic perspectives - creating actionable coping strategies and routines I also integrate CBT with strengths-based, solution-focused, motivational interviewing, and narrative approaches so that treatment feels personalized and emotionally attuned rather than formulaic. My goal is to help clients not only gain insight into their patterns, but also build tools they can realistically apply in daily life.