LMFT, 1 years of experience
New to Grow
I’m a Marriage and Family Therapist who believes that healing happens through connection and understanding. I work from a trauma-informed and attachment-based lens to help individuals, couples, and families build safety, strengthen relationships, and rediscover hope. My approach is collaborative, compassionate, and grounded in the belief that every person holds the innate capacity to heal, grow, and thrive. I value getting to know you and your unique struggles in order to help you progress.
Our first session is a chance to slow down and start creating a sense of safety. I’ll ask questions to learn more about your story, your strengths, and what you’d like to work toward, while also giving you space to set the pace and share only what feels comfortable. From there, we’ll collaborate on a plan that supports your goals and honors your readiness for change. I always give clients the opportunity to ask questions about me in a first session as well. I know it can be difficult to share deeply personal information with someone you know nothing about.
I’m known for my ability to create a calm, supportive environment where clients feel truly seen and understood. I accept my clients for who they are regardless of their context and difficulties. I believe that my clients are experts on their own lives and I am an expert in my field. With those beliefs, treatment must be collaborative. My approach helps clients make meaningful connections between their past and present, fostering emotional awareness, resilience, and stronger relationships.
I work best with clients who are ready to understand themselves and their relationships on a deeper level. Many of the people I see are navigating the effects of trauma, attachment wounds, or major life transitions. They’re often seeking not just symptom relief, but lasting change and wanting to feel more grounded, connected, and confident in who they are and how they relate to others.
As a trained family therapist, I look at all clients as a part of the systems that they originated from. The context of your life and your family are just as important as your day to day experiences in helping to improve symptoms, self-understanding, and acceptance.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a useful and informative approach to managing many difficult thought patterns. I use CBT skills with a lot of my clients in helping them to achieve autonomy and gain control over their thoughts and feelings.
My training in family therapy landed me in the world of foster care, kinship, and adoption while I was obtaining my license. I have extensive experience working with foster care and adoptive behaviors, difficult conversations, and building confidence in understanding and relationship building in foster and adoptive families. Attachment-based therapy is the primary way of understanding these unique factors that families face in these circumstances.
I use a trauma-informed approach that prioritizes safety, empowerment, and collaboration. By understanding how past experiences shape current patterns, I help clients build trust in themselves and in the therapeutic process, fostering resilience and lasting change. I am also familiar with Cognitive Processing Therapy, TF-CBT, and Narrative Exposure Therapy.