New to Grow
I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in trauma, burnout, and moral injury. With nearly a decade of crisis intervention experience and advanced training in Brainspotting, somatic modalities, and depth psychology, I work with first responders, veterans, healthcare providers, and LGBTQIA+ individuals who are ready to stop just managing and start actually healing. My work is to help people who've carried a lot make sense of what that's actually cost them, and reclaim who they are beyond their role.
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
Our first session is a conversation, not an intake form with a pulse. I want to understand what brought you in, what you've already tried, and what you're hoping life looks like on the other side of this. There's no pressure to have it all figured out. We're just getting oriented together.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
I meet people where they are without requiring them to shrink or perform. I bring specialized training in trauma, depth psychology, and somatic approaches, but what matters most is that clients feel genuinely understood rather than assessed. I'm particularly skilled at working with people who are skeptical of therapy, high-functioning on the outside, or carrying the kind of pain that doesn't show up on a checklist.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
My ideal clients are people who show up for others professionally but struggle to do the same for themselves. First responders, veterans, healthcare providers, and LGBTQIA+ individuals who are burned out, carrying trauma they've never had space to process, or quietly wondering why they feel so disconnected from the life they've built. You don't have to explain your world to me before we can get to work.
Attachment-based
Attachment theory serves as the foundational lens through which I understand and approach all clinical work. I view the therapeutic relationship itself as a corrective attachment experience, particularly for clients whose occupational roles, trauma histories, or cultural contexts have conditioned them to suppress vulnerability and distrust support. For first responders, veterans, and others shaped by high-stakes relational environments, attachment patterns often show up in specific, recognizable ways, and naming them within a safe therapeutic relationship can be profoundly orienting.
Brainspotting
Good to know. Here's a draft: Brainspotting I've been a certified Brainspotting practitioner since 2022 and use it as a primary trauma processing modality, particularly with clients for whom traditional talk therapy hits a ceiling. Brainspotting works directly with the subcortical brain where trauma is stored, making it especially effective for first responders, veterans, and healthcare providers carrying occupational trauma and moral injury that's hard to reach through words alone. It's also a strong fit for clients who are analytically oriented but find themselves stuck despite good insight.
Jungian
I completed formal Jungian training through Pacifica Graduate Institute, and depth psychology is woven throughout how I understand and work with clients. Rather than treating symptoms as problems to eliminate, I approach them as meaningful communications from the psyche worth exploring. This is particularly resonant for first responders and veterans navigating moral injury, identity disruption, and the shadow material that accumulates in high-stakes service work. Depending on the client, this can involve dream work, active imagination, or simply holding space for the parts of a person's experience that don't fit neatly into their professional identity.
Trauma-Focused CBT
I draw on Trauma-Focused CBT as an integrated framework rather than a rigid protocol, weaving cognitive and behavioral techniques into broader trauma treatment as clinically appropriate. This allows me to offer structured, evidence-based interventions for clients who benefit from psychoeducation, cognitive restructuring, and skill-building while still honoring the relational and somatic dimensions of trauma recovery. It translates particularly well for first responders and veterans who tend to appreciate a direct, skills-oriented approach alongside deeper processing work.