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New to Grow
Clients often describe my presence as warm, grounding, and easy to trust. I bring a calm, nonjudgmental approach to therapy that helps people feel safe enough to be honest, vulnerable, and fully themselves. I believe meaningful change happens when clients feel genuinely seen and supported, not rushed or pathologized. My goal is to create a space where people can slow down, better understand themselves, and begin relating to their experiences with more compassion, clarity, and confidence.
Clients can expect a warm, collaborative, and nonjudgmental space to begin sharing what brings them to therapy. We’ll talk about what feels most present in your life right now, any challenges you’ve been navigating, and what you hope to gain from the therapeutic process. I’ll also ask questions about your personal history, relationships, and patterns that may help us better understand how past experiences are impacting the present. There is no pressure to share everything at once—our first session is about building comfort, connection, and a sense of safety. My goal is for clients to leave feeling heard, supported, and with a clearer sense of how we might work together moving forward.
What stands out about my approach is the balance of depth, warmth, and practical change. I help clients move beyond simply understanding their patterns intellectually and support them in creating real, felt shifts in how they relate to themselves and others. My work is rooted in a trauma-informed, relational, and experiential approach, which means we pay attention not only to thoughts and behaviors, but also to the nervous system, emotional experiences, and the impact of relationships past and present. Clients often find that therapy with me feels both grounding and gently challenging—I offer a space that is compassionate and nonjudgmental while also helping them identify the patterns keeping them stuck. The result is often greater self-awareness, stronger emotional regulation, healthier boundaries, and a deeper sense of connection and trust in themselves.
My ideal clients are adults who carry a sense of unease—feeling that something is off, stuck, or harder than it should be. They may notice that past experiences are shaping how they move through the present, affecting relationships, self-trust, emotional regulation, or their ability to feel grounded and fully themselves. I work well with clients navigating life transitions, relationship challenges, grief and loss, and periods of change that bring uncertainty or disconnection. Together, we create space to better understand these patterns, restore a sense of clarity, and build a more connected and intentional way of living.
Relational
I use a relational approach by paying close attention to the patterns that show up in my clients’ relationships—with partners, family, friends, work, and with themselves. Together, we explore how past experiences and attachment wounds may be shaping present-day challenges such as difficulty trusting others, setting boundaries, managing conflict, or feeling emotionally disconnected. I view the therapeutic relationship itself as an important part of the work. By creating a space that feels safe, collaborative, and grounded in authenticity, clients have the opportunity to experience being understood, supported, and challenged in new ways. This can help increase self-awareness, strengthen emotional regulation, and build healthier, more secure connections both inside and outside of therapy. I integrate this relational lens with a trauma-informed and experiential approach, helping clients not only gain insight into their patterns, but also notice how these experiences live in the body and nervous system so lasting change feels possible.
Experiential Therapy
Experiential therapy is an approach that helps clients connect directly with emotions, body sensations, and present-moment awareness. Rather than focusing only on insight or problem-solving, experiential therapy invites clients to notice what is happening in real time—how emotions show up physically, where tension or activation lives in the body, and what thoughts or patterns emerge in the moment. This can help access deeper emotions that may be difficult to express with words alone. In my practice, I use experiential therapy by helping clients slow down and tune into their internal experience. This might include noticing body sensations, identifying emotional responses, exploring relational patterns as they arise, or using guided reflection to better understand what feels stuck. For clients experiencing grief, anxiety, trauma, or nervous system dysregulation, this approach can support greater emotional awareness, regulation, and a stronger sense of connection to themselves.