(she/her)
New to Grow
Hey, I'm a licensed therapist (MPH, LCSW-QS, C-PD, CCATP, C-DBT, ADHD-CCSP to be exact) who shows up to work with a Hello Kitty collection that could honestly be its own museum and zero apologies about it. I specialize in working with people whose brains run about 47 tabs at once — my people, the ADHD cool kids, the over-thinkers, the ones who've been told they're "a lot" their whole lives. Spoiler: you're not a lot, you were just in the wrong room. I'm direct, I don't do fluff, and yes, I will absolutely laugh with you in session. Therapy doesn't have to feel like a dental appointment.
Let's set some real expectations so you're not walking in blind. If you already have a formal ADHD diagnosis, we're skipping the "so tell me about your childhood" warmup and going straight to what actually matters — how your symptoms are showing up right now, what you've already tried (and why it didn't stick), and what you actually want to be different. We'll dig into whatever's relevant to you: emotional regulation, executive functioning, motivation, consistency, relationships, burnout, anxiety, self-esteem — and build goals that are actually realistic, not just aspirational bullet points. If you suspect ADHD but haven't been formally diagnosed, the first session is more exploratory. We'll look at your history, your patterns, how you're functioning across different areas of your life, and what else might be contributing to what you're experiencing. If further evaluation or diagnostic clarification makes sense, we'll talk about that openly. Either way — my approach is conversational, direct, and structured. I ask real questions, I give you actual information throughout the session (not just reflective listening), and I work hard to make sure you feel understood without having to perform or explain yourself ten different ways. One more thing: I don't do separate consultations, so the first session also doubles as our vibe check. If at any point I think a different provider, specialty, or level of care would serve you better, I'm going to tell you that directly — and I'll help you find it.
I'm not the therapist who nods slowly and says "how does that make you feel" every 45 seconds. My approach is direct, collaborative, and actually tailored to how your specific brain works — not a one-size-fits-all worksheet situation. I pull from evidence-based methods but I translate them into language that makes sense for real life, not a textbook. If you've got ADHD, I get it on a level that goes beyond the DSM. And if you need someone to call you out with kindness and not flinch when things get messy — that's exactly where I thrive. Results look like: actually understanding yourself, breaking patterns that weren't serving you, and building a life that fits your brain instead of fighting it.
My ideal client is the person who's been called "too much" and "not enough" in the same breath their entire life — and is finally tired of trying to split the difference. I work best with adults who have ADHD (diagnosed or suspected) and are dealing with the real fallout of living in a brain that doesn't come with a user manual: chronic inconsistency, emotional dysregulation, burnout cycles, executive dysfunction, relationship strain, anxiety that's been masquerading as a personality trait, and a self-esteem that took hits long before anyone thought to screen for anything. You're probably high-functioning enough that people don't fully get why you're struggling — which somehow makes it worse. You don't need a therapist who's going to hand you a planner and tell you to try harder. You've tried harder. You've tried seventeen different systems, three apps, and a color-coded Google Calendar that lasted four days. What you need is someone who actually understands how your brain works and can help you build strategies around it instead of against it. You're ready for therapy if you want direct feedback, not just validation. You want to understand your patterns, not just vent about them. You're open to doing the work between sessions — even when your brain makes that inconvenient — and you're looking for someone who's going to meet you exactly where you are without sugarcoating what needs to change. If you read all of this and thought "oh, she's talking about me" — yeah. I probably am. Let's work.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
CBT is the backbone of most of what I do — and before you picture a worksheet with a smiley face on it, let me explain how I actually use it. The core idea is simple: your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are all connected, and when one of them is stuck in a pattern that isn't working for you, the others follow. CBT gives us a structured way to identify those patterns, challenge the ones that are inaccurate or unhelpful, and build new responses that actually make sense for your life. For clients with ADHD, this looks less like classic "thought records" and more like real-time pattern recognition — noticing the story your brain tells you right before you avoid something, or the automatic thoughts that spiral into shutdown, or the all-or-nothing thinking that makes one missed deadline feel like proof you're a failure. We interrupt that loop. Consistently. My use of CBT is direct and practical. I'm not going to make you do homework you'll forget about and then feel guilty over — we work on what's actually applicable between sessions and we adjust as we go. The goal is that you leave with tools you can use the same week, not concepts you understand intellectually but can't access when your nervous system is activated.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
DBT is built on one deceptively simple idea: two things that seem like opposites can both be true at the same time. You can be doing your best and still need to do better. You can love someone and also need distance from them. You can accept where you are right now and still want things to change. That tension — holding both sides without collapsing into one — is the whole foundation, and honestly, it's exactly where a lot of my clients live. DBT gives us a concrete skill set organized around four areas: emotional regulation (understanding and managing intense feelings instead of being run by them), distress tolerance (getting through a hard moment without making it worse), interpersonal effectiveness (asking for what you need, setting limits, maintaining relationships without losing yourself), and mindfulness (which I promise is less mystical than it sounds — it's basically learning to notice what's happening without immediately reacting to it). For clients with ADHD, DBT is particularly useful because emotional dysregulation isn't a side effect — it's often the most exhausting part of the whole experience. The skills aren't abstract concepts; they're practical, repeatable, and designed to work when your nervous system is already in the red. We build them when things are calm so they're actually accessible when things aren't. I use DBT-informed skills throughout treatment, woven into sessions rather than delivered like a lecture series. You won't be reading from a binder. We'll work on what's relevant to what you're actually dealing with, and we'll practice until it sticks.
Motivational Interviewing
Here's the thing about change — telling someone they need to do it has literally never worked. Not once. If it did, every New Year's resolution would stick and nobody would need therapy. Motivational Interviewing is built on that exact understanding: people change when they talk themselves into it, not when someone else does it for them. MI is a collaborative, non-judgmental approach that helps you explore your own ambivalence — that stuck place where part of you wants to change and part of you really doesn't. Instead of pushing you toward a goal I think you should have, I help you uncover your own reasons for change and work through the resistance that's keeping you where you are. Because that resistance isn't laziness. It's usually protection, fear, or a pattern that made perfect sense at some point even if it's not serving you anymore. For clients with ADHD, this is especially important because you've probably spent your entire life being told what you should be doing differently — by parents, teachers, bosses, maybe even previous therapists. The last thing you need is one more person with a checklist of ways you're falling short. MI flips that. We figure out what actually matters to you, what's getting in the way, and what kind of change you're genuinely ready for — not what you think you're supposed to want. I use MI throughout treatment, especially in early sessions and any time we hit a point where motivation dips or a goal starts feeling more like an obligation than something you chose. It keeps the work honest and keeps you in the driver's seat.
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
If you have ADHD, there's a decent chance you've spent years at war with your own brain — trying to force it to be something it's not, beating yourself up every time it doesn't cooperate, and carrying around a backpack full of shame about the gap between who you think you should be and who you actually are. ACT is the therapy that says: what if we stopped fighting that war entirely? Acceptance and Commitment Therapy isn't about giving up or settling. It's about learning to stop letting uncomfortable thoughts and feelings run the show. Instead of trying to eliminate the anxiety, the self-doubt, the "I'm behind in life" narrative — we learn to notice them, make room for them, and act according to what actually matters to you anyway. Your thoughts get to exist. They just don't get to drive. The "commitment" part is where it gets practical. We get clear on your values — not your goals, not your to-do list, but the things that genuinely matter to you — and we use those as the compass for your choices and behavior. For ADHD brains that are constantly being pulled in fifteen directions, having that anchor changes everything. It's the difference between "I should do this because I'm supposed to" and "I'm choosing this because it aligns with who I want to be." I use ACT when clients are stuck in avoidance patterns, drowning in self-criticism, or so fused with their own negative narratives that they can't separate themselves from the story. It pairs well with CBT and is especially effective for the emotional weight that comes with living in a world that wasn't designed for your brain.
Solution Focused Brief Treatment
Here's what I love about SFBT: it doesn't need you to dissect every single thing that went wrong in your life before it lets you move forward. Sometimes you already know what the problem is. You don't need to spend six sessions unpacking it — you need to figure out what to actually do about it. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is exactly what it sounds like. Instead of centering the problem, we center the solution. We look at what's already working — even a little — and we build from there. When was the last time things went well? What was different about that day? What did you do that you didn't even realize was helping? Those aren't throwaway questions. They're the blueprint. For clients with ADHD, this approach is a relief because it skips the part where we catalog all the ways your brain makes things harder — you already live that, you don't need a recap. Instead, we identify your existing strengths, the strategies you've accidentally built that actually work, and the exceptions to the patterns you think are permanent. Then we scale those up intentionally. I pull from SFBT especially when a client comes in overwhelmed, burned out, or stuck in "nothing ever works for me" mode. It reframes the conversation from deficit to capability, and for someone whose entire experience of ADHD has been framed as a list of shortcomings, that shift alone can be transformative.