LPC, 25 years of experience
Life can change fast—new jobs, breakups, family stress, burnout, loss—and even when things look fine on the outside, inside you might feel anxious, stuck, or unsure who you are right now. You’ve been doing your best to hold it all together, but lately it’s started to feel like too much. I help people move through anxiety, trauma, grief, and major life transitions with a compassionate, mind-body approach that restores clarity, confidence, and calm. Therapy offers space to slow down, breathe, and reconnect with yourself—let’s take that next step together.
In the first session, we'll begin by getting to know each other. I'll ask about your current challenges, your history, and what brought you to therapy. We'll also talk about your goals for therapy and how I can support you in reaching them. Each session is designed to meet you exactly where you are that day. We begin by checking in and setting an intention for our time together, so you feel focused and supported. From there, we work collaboratively—sometimes talking through challenges, other times using gentle grounding, imagery, or somatic awareness to help your body and mind reconnect. My clients often describe sessions as steady and restorative. You’ll leave feeling calmer and clearer, with a deeper understanding of yourself and practical ways to navigate daily life. Over time, therapy helps you build emotional flexibility, strengthen self-trust, and feel more at ease in your own skin.
My greatest strengths are creating safety, clarity, and genuine connection. I bring over 30 years of experience and specialized training in EMDR, IFS (Parts Work), CBT, and somatic approaches to support deep, lasting change. Clients often describe my presence as calm, grounding, and steady—a space where they feel seen, understood, and encouraged to grow. I combine trauma-informed insight with practical tools, helping you regulate your body, reframe your thoughts, and rediscover your natural confidence and strength.
I work with adults and older teens who are navigating anxiety, trauma, or major life transitions—often during times when life feels uncertain or overwhelming. My clients are usually high-functioning, caring people who are tired of overthinking, self-criticism, or carrying old emotional pain. Together, we focus on helping you feel more centered and confident, even when life is demanding. Our work blends evidence-based therapy with mind-body tools to calm the nervous system, rebuild self-trust, and create lasting clarity and resilience.
EMDR is one of the evidence-based therapeutic tools that I use in my practice to address and heal symptoms of emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences.
CBT helps you become aware of inaccurate or negative thinking so you can view challenging situations more clearly and respond to them in a more effective way.
This approach to therapy takes into account body, mind and spirit to promote overall healing and wellness. I use an integrative approach considering all aspects of the human experience as equally important.
I use mindfulness practices that include present moment awareness, meditation, and breathing exercises based on client need and interest. This therapy is helpful in addressing anxiety, depression, ADHD and panic disorders. Using these tools, the mindfulness-based therapist teaches a client to be in the here and now as well as break away from negative thought patterns.
My practice over many years has included clients who have experienced significant trauma including homelessness, living in foster care, abuse and neglect. I work with clients to address the root causes of their symptoms and to provide compassion, perspective and guidance toward healing.