Licensed to practice in 4 states and accepts 40 insurances. Specializes in Depression, Eating Disorders, Trauma and PTSD and 10 more.
(she/her)
I help teens and women heal from complex childhood trauma, neglect, and abuse—especially when those experiences show up as people-pleasing, identity loss, painful relationships, intense emotions, or a complicated relationship with food and their bodies. I became a therapist because this work genuinely matters to me. Over the past nine years, I have seen how trauma can remain hidden beneath perfectionism, overachievement, unhealthy relationships, disordered eating, and the feeling that you have no idea who you are because you spent so long surviving. I also understand that trauma symptoms are frequently misunderstood, treated only at the surface, or confused with features associated with diagnoses such as Borderline Personality Disorder or Bipolar Disorder. I take time to understand the whole person—not just the label. I am warm, down-to-earth, and honest. I balance validation with respectfully challenging the beliefs and behaviors that keep you stuck. I have ADHD, two tiny chihuahua coworkers named Bryn and Blair, and licenses to provide therapy in Florida, Illinois, Texas, and Colorado. I am proudly a girls’ girl, and my practice is mainly focused on the mental health and relational experiences of teens and women.
Our first session is about helping you feel safe enough to be real. You do not need a perfect summary of your childhood, a list of goals, or a polished version of yourself. We will talk about what brought you in, which patterns keep repeating, and what you want your life and relationships to feel like instead. I may ask about family roles, attachment, trauma, relationships, eating patterns, and diagnoses you have received in the past. As a secular, non-religious therapist, I offer a safe place to process religious trauma, question previous beliefs, or leave religion out of therapy entirely. I highly recommend my patients start with regular weekly or twice-weekly appointments, especially if stepping down from intensive outpatient or post-hospital discharge, so that we can start with stability and building comfortability. Some days you may feel ready to go deep; other days, showing up in sweats after a hard week and needing to "Kim-Kardashian-style ugly cry” may be enough. This is a space where you can say the things you have never said out loud and move at a pace that feels manageable. You can expect warmth, curiosity, honesty, and possibly a cameo from one of my chihuahuas. Definitely Blair. Blair thinks you are here for her.
My greatest strength is helping clients understand the deeper impact of complex childhood trauma, abuse, and neglect. I often notice attachment wounds, unmet needs, and repeating patterns that have been overlooked—and I help you notice them too. I love going beneath the surface to explore why certain relationships, beliefs, coping strategies, or eating patterns keep showing up. I connect especially well with teens and women who have always felt different, misunderstood, or like they do not belong, including neurodivergent clients. I have ADHD too, so you do not need to mask here. You can curse, cry, or show up in three-day-old clothes and still be accepted. Forgot where you were going mid-sentence? No worries, we will roll with it and I will meet your brain where it's at. NO. APOLOGIES. NEEDED. Your grandma had a swear jar? I have an apologies jar. You just be you :) I am an Evergreen Certified Clinical Trauma Professional and Evergreen Certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy. I am also trained in Schema Therapy and basic-trained EMDR from an EMDRIA-approved program. However, the foundation of my work is the therapy relationship itself. I want you to feel safe, understood, and supported while practicing secure attachment, boundaries, honesty, and being fully yourself.
I am deeply passionate about working with women and teens navigating complex trauma, eating disorder recovery, or intense emotions and relationship patterns, including borderline personality features. You do not have to do this alone. I work best with clients who are ready for deeper, insight-oriented therapy and want to build emotional regulation, self-trust, and healthier relationships. You might enjoy and benefit from my approach if you are looking for a therapist who shows up authentically, tells you the truth with compassion, and gives you tools that are genuinely effective in helping you create meaningful change in your life.
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Cash - $150 per session
Aetna
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Medicare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Ambetter Health
Anthem
Arlo
AvMed
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
Centivo
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
Evernorth
Florida Blue
Florida Blue - Medicare
Golden Rule
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Independence Administrators
Independence Blue Cross
Independence Keystone 65 HMO
Independence Personal Choice 65 PPO
Medicare
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Surest (formerly Bind)
Tufts Health/Cigna
UMR - Advocate Aurora Health
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
use DBT with clients who feel overwhelmed by their emotions or caught in cycles of reactivity, self-criticism, shutdown, or impulsive coping. Many of the teens and women I work with have spent years being called “too sensitive,” “dramatic,” or “too much,” particularly when they are struggling in relationships or under the pressure of perfectionism. DBT gives us practical skills in mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. We do not just talk about these skills—I help you apply and practice them in the situations where you actually need them. Together, we may work on pausing before a spiral, tolerating distress without turning against yourself, communicating your needs more clearly, and responding to painful emotions without allowing them to take over your life. My previous work in intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization settings gave me substantial experience supporting clients with emotional dysregulation and high-acuity concerns. I have seen DBT help clients feel more capable, grounded, and trusting of themselves.
Schema Therapy
I use Schema Therapy to help you understand the deeper beliefs and patterns that often begin in childhood and continue showing up in adulthood. We may explore beliefs such as “I am not enough,” “my needs do not matter,” or “I have to earn love.” Together, we look at how those beliefs affect your relationships, boundaries, self-worth, and coping patterns, then work toward developing healthier ways of responding.
Attachment-based
I use an attachment-focused approach to help you understand how early relationships may have shaped the way you experience closeness, trust, conflict, and emotional safety. We may explore why you fear abandonment, avoid vulnerability, become overly responsible for others, or lose yourself in relationships. I also view the therapy relationship as part of the healing process, giving you space to practice trust, honesty, boundaries, and secure connection.
Relational
I use Relational Therapy because I believe healing happens through authentic, safe relationships. I pay attention to how you experience me, how we communicate, and what patterns may show up between us. I bring my real self into the room while maintaining clear and healthy boundaries. Together, we can use our relationship to better understand how you connect with others and create new experiences of being seen, understood, and accepted.
5 ratings with written reviews
August 25, 2025
Zoe made me feel comfortable quickly. She put together a therapy plan and I look forward to our journey together.
August 4, 2025
Zoe is amazing. She is a great listener who genuinely cares for her clients and finds working solutions or exercises to help me navigate what ever problems or issues I am having.
May 21, 2025
Zoe makes me feel like the things I'm dealing with our mine and they are not wrong. That is very important to me due to feelings of "being different" because of things beyond my control and the fallout of how I internalized trauma. I am learning to honor myself wherever I am in any given moment.