Licensed to practice in Tennessee and accepts 10 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Depression, Grief
(she/her)
New to Grow
I’ve faced life’s challenges firsthand, and I understand how heavy anxiety, grief, trauma, or major life transitions can feel. My goal as a therapist is to create a safe, compassionate space where you can be your authentic self while working toward real, lasting change. I believe therapy works best when clients feel both supported and empowered. My approach is warm, authentic, and occasionally direct when needed, combining compassion, practical tools, and gentle guidance. I aim to help clients feel empowered to take the steps that matter most in their lives, while also feeling supported throughout the process. Therapy here isn’t about “fixing” you, it’s about helping you discover your own strength.
Your first session is an intake session. This session helps me know why you chose this time to reach out for therapy and what you need help with. Also, my second session is an attachment history. This is a time where I really get to dig in there and find out where you have come from. Attachment is very important. We have learned that attachment does not end in infancy, it continues throughout your entire life. Most people have attachment wounds that can impact how they address the relationships in their lives, but also how they feel about themselves.
My strengths come from both training and lived experience — including the loss of my husband, single parenthood, and navigating parenthood's hardest moments. These challenges have been difficult at times, but I have come to see them as strengths that help me relate to clients facing similar struggles. My approach to therapy is to meet my clients where they are. I am not the kind of therapist who sits back and just listens — I do listen, but I also get my hands dirty and challenge my clients to do the same. I think of therapy as roughly 25% what I bring — structure, tools, and guidance — and 75% is the work you do, both in and outside of sessions. I have found that individuals who aren't willing to put in the work between sessions will struggle to make meaningful progress. My goal is to teach clients the tools they need to reach their own goals — so that eventually, they do not need me.
I work with clients navigating have grief, trauma, life transitions, anxiety, depression and chronic illness. I also have particular experience helping parents of special needs children process their own grief and anxiety while raising a child with additional needs. Having navigated my own experience with loss and chronic illness, I bring both personally insight and clinical training to this work— I know these challenges firsthand and how to help clients move past them. I am here to help in whatever way I can.
I identify as
Attachment-based
I use attachment-based treatment methods to help with anxiety, depression, trauma, and many common concerns clients have. Attachment-based therapy looks at how you were raised—your relationships with your parents, siblings, and other close relatives. We now know that attachment does not end at infancy — it shapes us throughout our entire lives. We all need attachments to survive, but most of us develop attachment wounds along the way, sometimes unintentionally caused by loving parents, and sometimes not. This method reveals a lot about our relationship with others and with ourselves, and informs how I help clients get the support they need.
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
I also use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients build a healthier relationship with difficult thoughts and feelings. Rather than trying to eliminate painful emotions, ACT teaches clients to accept them without judgment while committing to actions that align with their values. This approach helps clients stop struggling against their thoughts and feelings, and instead use their energy to build a meaningful life, even when difficult emotions are present.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I also use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which looks at the connection between our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Often, the way we think about a situation shapes how we feel and what we do next — and sometimes those thought patterns aren’t accurate or helpful. In CBT, I help clients notice these patterns, question whether they’re really true, and practice new ways of thinking that lead to healthier feelings and behaviors. It’s a practical, goal-oriented approach that gives clients tools they can keep using long after therapy ends.
Psychoeducation
I use psychoeducation to help clients better understand their emotions and build practical skills for managing them. I created a feelings wheel homework tool that helps clients learn to recognize and name what they’re feeling. I also have a variety of additional tools and worksheets I use to help clients build self-regulation skills.