In our first session together, here's what you can expect

In our first session, we’ll slow things down and take time to get to know each other. I’ll gather some background about your life, experiences, and what’s bringing you to therapy now. Together, we’ll begin identifying what safety and support look like for you and outline the goals you’d like to work toward. This initial session isn’t about resolving everything. The first session is the anchor for a longer journey of healing, restoration, and growth that we’ll navigate at your pace.

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

What stands out about my approach is its balance of safety and honesty. I combine trauma-informed and somatic methods with reflective, truth-centered dialogue that invites insight, agency, and forward movement. My work is particularly attuned to Black women and BIPOC professionals navigating racialized, workplace, and identity-based stress. Clients often experience our sessions as both grounding and activating; a space where they feel deeply seen while gaining clarity and momentum toward wholeness and sovereignty.

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

My ideal clients are high-achieving Black women and BIPOC professionals who have spent years navigating demanding academic, corporate, nonprofit, or leadership spaces while carrying unspoken stress, racialized trauma, and perfectionism rooted in survival. Professionally, they are capable, trusted, and often positioned as leaders or high performers. Personally, many have been parentified early — the responsible one, the over-giver, the eldest daughter, or the emotional anchor in their families and communities. They are often the ones others rely on to keep things running smoothly, anticipate needs, and hold complexity without complaint. While this strength has helped them succeed, it has also made it difficult to rest, ask for help, or prioritize themselves without guilt. Beneath the surface, they may be navigating burnout, identity fatigue, suppressed anger or grief, and a longing for care that does not require justification. I work best with clients who are ready to stop overfunctioning and begin listening to their bodies, boundaries, and inner wisdom. This includes those who want to untangle survival-based roles learned in childhood and reinforced in adulthood, release the belief that worth is tied to self-sacrifice, and rebuild their lives from a place of self-trust rather than obligation. Together, we focus on restoring emotional safety, developing clearer boundaries, and cultivating a way of living that allows for both ambition and rest. Ultimately, my work supports clients in moving from endurance to embodiment; creating lives that feel grounded, spacious, and aligned, where peace is not postponed and success no longer comes at the cost of their well-being.