(she/her)
New to Grow
You hold a lot together. Work, family, relationships, school, parenting, athletics, and the expectations you place on yourself. Over time, it can become exhausting to keep pushing through while your own needs fall to the bottom of the list. At A Rae of Hope Wellness, I work with women, teens, and athletes navigating anxiety, emotional burnout, pregnancy and postpartum challenges, life transitions, self-esteem concerns, and everyday stress. My goal is to provide a supportive space where you can feel understood, develop practical coping tools, and move forward with greater confidence and clarity.
Our first session is simply a conversation. We'll talk about what brought you to therapy, what has been weighing on you, and what you hope will be different moving forward. You don't need to have everything figured out before we begin. Together, we'll identify your goals, discuss what's been working and what hasn't, and create a starting plan that feels realistic for your life.
Clients often tell me they appreciate that I am warm, approachable, and easy to talk to while also providing practical feedback and tools they can use outside of session. My approach combines compassion with action. I draw from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), strengths-based approaches, Solution-Focused Therapy, and mindfulness techniques to help clients better understand themselves, manage difficult emotions, and create meaningful change. Whether you're navigating anxiety, postpartum challenges, self-esteem concerns, or a major life transition, I strive to create a space where you feel supported, empowered, and capable of moving forward.
I work best with women, teens, and athletes who are carrying a lot behind the scenes. Many of my clients appear to have everything together on the outside while privately struggling with anxiety, stress, burnout, self-doubt, life transitions, or the pressure to meet everyone's expectations. I also enjoy supporting women during pregnancy and postpartum, teens navigating social anxiety and self-esteem concerns, and athletes managing performance pressures, identity shifts, and the demands of balancing life both on and off the field.
Other specialties
I identify as
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I use CBT in a practical, conversational way to help clients notice patterns that may be keeping them stuck in cycles of anxiety, self-doubt, overwhelm, or emotional burnout. Together, we look at how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors influence one another, while also paying attention to real-life stressors, relationships, and daily pressures. In my practice, CBT is not about forcing “positive thinking.” It is about helping clients slow things down, understand their reactions with more clarity, and build coping strategies that actually feel realistic and sustainable in everyday life.
Person-centered (Rogerian)
I approach therapy as a collaborative space where clients can show up honestly without feeling judged, rushed, or pushed into being “fixed.” My style is warm, grounded, and direct, while still making room for reflection, humor, and real conversations about what life actually feels like behind the surface. I believe people already carry insight and strength within them, even during periods of anxiety, burnout, major transitions, or emotional overwhelm. Therapy can help create the space to better understand those experiences, reconnect with yourself, and move through challenges with more clarity and confidence.
Faith based therapy
For clients who would like it incorporated, I offer a space where faith and mental health can be explored together in a thoughtful and supportive way. I recognize that spirituality can play an important role in how people make meaning of difficult experiences, navigate transitions, and find strength during overwhelming seasons of life. My approach is compassionate, nonjudgmental, and tailored to each client’s comfort level and personal beliefs.
Solution Focused Brief Treatment
I use a solution-focused approach to help clients identify what is already working, build on existing strengths, and create realistic steps toward change. Rather than staying stuck in the problem alone, we focus on patterns, goals, and small shifts that can improve daily life and emotional well-being over time. This approach can be especially helpful for clients experiencing stress, anxiety, burnout, life transitions, relationship challenges, or feeling overwhelmed by where to begin. Sessions are collaborative, practical, and centered around helping clients feel more capable, grounded, and confident in moving forward.
Strength-Based
I use a strengths-based approach to help clients recognize the abilities, resilience, and personal qualities they may overlook during stressful or emotionally difficult seasons of life. Even when someone feels exhausted, anxious, or discouraged, there are often strengths that have helped them survive, adapt, and continue moving forward. In therapy, we work to identify those strengths while also developing practical tools for coping, communication, emotional regulation, and self-confidence. This approach is especially helpful for clients navigating anxiety, burnout, identity changes, parenting stress, and major life transitions because it encourages growth without shame or harsh self-criticism.