LMFT, 30 years of experience
Frequently rebooked
I’m a Marriage and Family Therapist with over 30 years of experience walking alongside individuals and couples through some of life’s most challenging seasons. I specialize in pro-marriage counseling and draw from Relational Life Therapy (RLT) and Solution Focused Therapy to help you take a deep dive and to find small wins along the way. When it’s requested and welcomed, faith and can play a meaningful role in the work we do. I believe in the healing power of hope, grace, and what’s possible. I strive to offer a safe, honest, care-frontational, and encouraging space where life-altering change can happen.
In your first session with me, you can expect an honest and down-to-earth conversation. I’ll take time to get to know you, what you’re walking through, where you’ve been, and what you’re biggest hopes are for moving forward. We’ll consider your past experiences, the patterns or pain points you’ve noticed, and what led you to reach out now. This first session is an initial assessment and it's about creating a safe space where you feel seen, heard, and supported. There’s no pressure and it will take time for us to figure things out. You just need to have a willingness to start.
What stands out about my approach is that I'm straightforward and practical. I meet you where you are. I’m not here to fix you or throw formulas at you. I’m here to walk with you. With over 30 years of experience, I’ve sat with a lot of people in a lot of frustration, heartache, and pain. I’ve learned how to listen well, ask meaningful questions, and help you find what’s already in you. I blend proven methods from RLT and Solution Focused Therapy, and ultimately I always come back to what actually works for you. My strength is helping people feel safe, seen, and supported while we do hard, meaningful work of growth and relational repair. We slow things down and take one step at a time.
I’m best positioned to serve couples who will show up, especially when you feel lost, broken, or unsure of where to begin. You are willing to lean in, be present, engage, open up, and most of all, work. I operate from a truth-telling, sometimes confrontational style. The couples I work with are willing to take a deep dive into current concerns, family of origin, childhood adaptations, trauma work, and new strategies that work for you. Whether you're navigating betrayal, communication breakdowns, emotional disconnection, or the weight of past wounds, you don’t have to figure it out on your own. My dream clients are flawed and messy. They’re people who want more, including more clarity, more connection, and more healing. They just don't know how to get there yet. It's a place for growth, restoration, and a deeper sense of wholeness and self. If you’re willing to work on yourself and your relationship, lean in, be honest, become more relational, and take the next step forward, I’ll meet you there with a steady belief that repair is possible.
I’ve researched, trained in, and have been integrating Relational Life Therapy (RLT) into my work because I’ve seen firsthand how powerful it is, especially for couples. RLT helps people identify destructive patterns, trace them back to their roots, and step out of the adaptive child mindset. It’s a mix of pattern recognition, family-of-origin exploration, trauma work, truth-telling, and repair strategies. It can be confrontational at times. It's also direct, practical, and deeply healing. I’ve watched individuals and couples begin to soften, open up, and actually hear each other, and themselves, again.
I've spent most of my 30+ year career using Solution Focused Therapy. I like this approach because sometimes we’re so overwhelmed by the problem that we forget we still have power. I help you find the small steps, the moments of strength you’ve already shown, and we build from there. We don’t ignore symptoms or pain. We just don’t stay stuck there. We find what works, even if it’s just one thing, and then we lean into that to create momentum.
I have strong beliefs and deep conviction when it comes to faith-based Christian counseling. I fully acknowledge that I'm not a theologian, and I don’t pretend to have all the Biblical answers, but I know Who does. I believe in what’s possible when God is invited into the healing process. Hope matters. Faith matters. And I’ve witnessed how the presence of Jesus changes everything. Having faith breathes life into the middle of our messes. It's a game changer.