New to Grow
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 15 years of clinical experience, and work with both individuals, couples and families. My background includes extensive work in residential treatment settings, supporting individuals with both substance use disorders and a wide range of mental health concerns. For the past seven years, I have been in private practice, where I provide individualized, depth-oriented therapy. My clinical training includes EMDR, somatic-focused approaches, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. I work from an attachment-based perspective and believe that healing occurs within the safety of a strong therapeutic relationship. Relationship, attunement, and emotional safety are foundational to my work, and coping skills and practical guidance are offered within the context of connection and collaboration.
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
The first session is primarily guided by the client and focused on what feels most important for you to share. I am always open to questions or concerns about my background, training, or approach; however, initial sessions are typically centered on understanding your experiences, values, and goals. This allows me to develop a thoughtful framework of who you are, what matters most to you, and where you hope to go in therapy. As our work continues, sessions become more process-oriented, deepening insight and supporting meaningful change within the context of our therapeutic relationship.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
My work is rooted in a strength-based, values-driven approach that centers the therapeutic relationship as a primary agent of change. I support clients in exploring where their patterns and responses originated, while also helping them discover how to meet present-day challenges with greater awareness and choice. Together, we work to build an authentic and compassionate personal narrative that honors each client’s resilience and lived experience. I bring a high level of commitment to the therapeutic process and to my clients’ goals, offering consistent support, collaboration, and attunement throughout our work together.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
My ideal client is thoughtful, insightful, and reflective, and views therapy as a meaningful commitment to themselves and their relationships. They are open to exploring patterns, emotions, and experiences with curiosity and honesty, and are willing to engage in the therapeutic process as a collaborative and intentional journey toward growth and connection.
Attachment-based
The therapeutic relationship is a wonderful setting to reflect on your attachment style and how it is showing up in your relationships. We’re all wired for attachment. If those early bonds were secure, we tend to feel safe with closeness and independence. If they were inconsistent, neglectful, or frightening, we may develop patterns (often called attachment styles) that show up later in our adult relationships. Attachment-based therapy helps people understand and heal those patterns.
Couples Counseling
Couples come to therapy for all sorts of reasons including: Communication problems rebuilding trust after betrayal or infidelity, feeling disconnected or “stuck”, conflict about money, sex, parenting, or roles, major life transitions or deciding to stay or separate. Many couples choose to come to therapy proactively, you dont have to be on the brink of a break up. My role in therapy is to support the coupleship by facilitating respectful communication and deeper connection that can serve both individuals and the relationship.
Grief Therapy
Grief therapy is focused on helping a person cope with loss, not just death, but any meaningful loss in your life. I provide presence and support which allows you to processing painful emotions such as sadness, anger, guilt, numbness and relief. Insight gained from therapy can help you make sense of the loss and what it means for your life now and learning to live with the loss rather than “get over it”. Finally grief therapy can reduce isolation and feeling less “broken” or alone
EMDR
When something overwhelming or traumatic happens, the brain sometimes doesn’t fully process it. The memory gets “stuck” with the original emotions, body sensations, and negative beliefs you may have taken on. EMDR helps the brain reprocess those memories so they become less emotionally charged. They can become something that happened in the past, not something that's still happening. I provide a safe and supportive space and utilize bilateral stimulation to help the brain process these events in a healthier way.
Mind-body approach
The mind–body approach in therapy is a way of working that recognizes Emotions don’t just live in your thoughts, they show up in your nervous system, muscles, breath, gut, and energy levels. Instead of focusing on thinking differently, mind–body therapies help you notice, understand, and regulate what’s happening in your body to support emotional healing.