Licensed to practice in Georgia and accepts 9 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Burnout, Life Transitions and 1 more.
New to Grow
I am a compassionate, culturally responsive therapist who believes healing begins when people have space to be fully seen, heard, and understood. I work collaboratively with clients to explore the experiences, relationships, beliefs, and patterns influencing their emotional well-being. My approach is warm, practical, and individualized. I recognize that mental health does not exist separately from culture, identity, family, spirituality, relationships, or daily responsibilities. I strive to understand the whole person rather than focusing only on symptoms. In therapy, I help clients slow down, make meaningful connections, and develop tools they can use in everyday life. I believe clients already possess valuable strengths and insight, even when stress or painful experiences make those qualities difficult to recognize. My goal is to provide room to breathe, space to become, and support for creating lasting, meaningful change.
During our first session, clients can expect a welcoming, nonjudgmental conversation focused on helping them feel comfortable and understood. You will not be expected to share your entire life story or discuss anything before you are ready. We will talk about what brought you to therapy, what has been most difficult recently, and what you hope will be different as a result of our work together. I will ask questions about your experiences, strengths, relationships, support system, and any strategies you have already tried. You will also have space to ask questions, share concerns about therapy, and tell me what helps you feel supported. Together, we will begin identifying your priorities and creating realistic goals that reflect what you want—not what others believe you should change. Before the session ends, we will discuss possible next steps and what our work together might look like. My goal is for you to leave the first session feeling heard, respected, and more hopeful about moving forward. You do not need to arrive with the right words or a perfect plan. We will begin exactly where you are.
I bring warmth, authenticity, curiosity, and compassionate directness to each session. I create space for clients to discuss experiences that may feel uncomfortable, complicated, or difficult to explain. I listen carefully to what is being said while also remaining attentive to emotions and patterns that may be harder to express. One of my strengths is helping clients connect past experiences with present behaviors without becoming stuck in the past. I balance emotional exploration with practical strategies, helping clients translate insight into manageable action. My approach is collaborative and adaptable. I honor each client’s culture, identity, values, spirituality, relationships, and lived experience. I also recognize that clients may need different things at different times—validation, structure, accountability, reflection, or gentle challenge. Clients can expect support that is compassionate, honest, and focused on helping them build a life that feels more aligned and sustainable.
My ideal client is someone who may appear capable and resilient on the outside but feels overwhelmed, disconnected, or uncertain beneath the surface. They may be navigating anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship challenges, motherhood, identity concerns, major life transitions, or the pressure to meet everyone else’s expectations. They may understand their patterns intellectually but struggle to translate insight into action. They might have difficulty setting boundaries, advocating for themselves, trusting their decisions, or accepting the parts of themselves that others have criticized or misunderstood. My ideal client does not need to arrive with everything figured out. They simply need some willingness to be honest, curious, and open to exploring what is and is not working. Together, we can identify which changes genuinely matter to them—not the changes others believe they should make. I especially enjoy helping clients move beyond survival, perfectionism, and people-pleasing toward greater self-acceptance, confidence, and emotional freedom. My goal is to help clients better understand themselves, communicate their needs, strengthen their relationships, and create a life that feels authentic, sustainable, and aligned with their values.
I use interpersonal therapy to help clients understand how their relationships, social roles, and life transitions affect their emotional well-being. Together, we explore patterns involving communication, boundaries, family expectations, conflict, grief, caregiving, and the pressure to meet other people’s needs. Many of my clients are navigating significant transitions involving motherhood, partnerships, family relationships, work, identity, or changing responsibilities. I help them process the emotions connected to these transitions while identifying the support, communication, and boundaries they need. My military background and experiences with advanced-age pregnancy, pregnancy during the pandemic, and having a child in the NICU have strengthened my understanding of how major life events can reshape relationships, roles, and a person’s sense of self. These experiences also influence my commitment to helping clients use their voices and advocate for themselves. In sessions, we may examine recurring relationship patterns, practice communicating needs, prepare for difficult conversations, or distinguish between what a client genuinely wants and what others expect from them. I also help clients move beyond intellectualizing their experiences so they can recognize and process the emotions underneath them. My goal is not to tell clients which relationships to maintain or how they should change. I help them strengthen self-acceptance, improve interpersonal effectiveness, and make intentional choices that reflect their own values, needs, and desired growth.
I use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients develop a more compassionate relationship with their thoughts, emotions, and identities. Rather than treating every uncomfortable feeling as something that must be eliminated, I help clients make space for difficult experiences while deciding how they want to move forward. Together, we explore the difference between changes clients genuinely desire and changes they feel pressured to make because of family, society, relationships, or past criticism. I support clients in clarifying their values, identifying what matters most to them, and taking manageable actions that reflect those values. I also help clients notice when painful thoughts, shame, fear, or self-judgment are controlling their decisions. Instead of automatically accepting these thoughts as facts, clients learn to observe them with curiosity and choose responses that better support their well-being. ACT aligns with my belief that therapy is not about fixing people or requiring them to become someone else. My goal is to help clients accept themselves, advocate for their needs, and change only what they personally want to improve. Progress means developing greater psychological flexibility, self-trust, and the ability to take meaningful action—even when uncomfortable thoughts or emotions are present.