(she/her)
New to Grow
I’m a warm, direct, humorous, and creative therapist who helps adults understand their emotional patterns and build tools that support meaningful change. My background includes work in schools, hospitals, crisis services, and community‑based care, which shapes the grounded and practical way I show up in session. I focus on helping clients make sense of what’s happening in their mind and body so they can move through life with more clarity, confidence, and alignment.
In our first session, we’ll focus on understanding what brings you in and what you’ve been experiencing. I’ll begin with a few safety and wellness questions, including your current location and a reliable phone number, to ensure teletherapy is appropriate. Sessions cannot occur if you are driving or operating a vehicle. From there, I’ll ask about your medical and mental health history, current symptoms, and the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional patterns you’ve noticed. We’ll explore your interest in therapy, your readiness for the work, and what you hope to gain from our time together. We’ll then create a treatment plan that includes goals and objectives, which helps us stay aligned and track your progress over time. Therapy can be time‑limited or longer‑term depending on your needs. Time‑limited work may focus on a specific concern or skill set and often lasts around 6–12 sessions. Longer‑term therapy allows for deeper exploration and ongoing support and typically lasts several months.
My greatest strengths as a therapist include my ability to blend warmth, directness, humor, and creativity in a way that helps clients feel supported while still moving toward meaningful change. I’m skilled at helping people understand the patterns in their thoughts, behaviors, and nervous system responses, and I offer practical tools they can use in their daily lives. Clients often appreciate my ability to remember important aspects of their story , their values, interests, and the things that make them feel most like themselves and use those pieces to support regulation, reframing, and behavioral shifts. I’m also intentional about modeling what I teach by actively advocating for my own wellness and maintaining practices that support my well‑being.
I work best with adults who are reflective, motivated, and ready to understand their emotional and behavioral patterns. Many of my clients are navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, or major life transitions and want practical tools that support long‑term change. I’m especially aligned with people who manage multiple roles in their personal and professional lives, including Black women and women of color, as well as anyone whose quality of life is influenced by the systems they navigate. I support clients who value honesty, self‑compassion, and learning how their mind and nervous system work so they can create changes that feel grounded, consistent, supportive, manageable, and aligned with their values.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients understand how their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors interact. In sessions, we identify patterns and practice skills that support more flexible, balanced ways of responding.
Compassion Focused
I use Compassion‑Focused Therapy to help clients work with self‑criticism and develop a more supportive inner voice. In practice, we build skills that strengthen emotional safety, self‑kindness, and resilience.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
I use DBT to help clients build skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. In practice, we focus on strengthening awareness and developing tools that support consistent and more intentional responses in daily life.
Motivational Interviewing
I use Motivational Interviewing to help clients clarify their goals and strengthen their own motivation for change. In practice, I guide the process with curiosity, collaboration, and strategies that support confidence and follow‑through.
Strength-Based
I use a strengths‑based approach to help clients recognize their existing abilities, values, and resilience. In practice, we build on what’s already working to support confidence, clarity, and sustainable change.