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About My Clients
Are you exhausted due to poor sleep? Do you feel sleepy, get into bed, and then your mind clicks to the "on" position and won't shut up? Or you fall asleep okay but then wake up in the middle of the night and start running through your mental to do list? Do you feel like you are trying all the things just to get a good night of sleep? I get it. I'm obnoxiously (my friends agree) passionate about helping people get their sleep back on track so they can do all the other things that matter to them.
My Background and Approach
I have been treating people with sleep problems for over ten years. I have advanced training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) through the Department of Veterans Affairs. I began providing consultation and training to my colleagues in 2015 in this model and am well-versed in how to modify it to meet the needs of folks with a variety of health problems and psychiatric diagnoses. I also have specialized training in helping manage repetitive traumatic nightmares and helping folks with sleep apnea adjust to using positive airway pressure (PAP) machines.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe that everyone deserves good care. Part of my decision to leave the VA in 2025 was to be a safe and competent landing space for LGBTQ+ veterans to get good care. And now I get to treat everyone! As a cishet white woman, it's not my place to declare myself an ally and you won't see me wearing any pins and calling it done. You will see me at Pride and at protests. I see my work in social justice as a lifelong process, and I will continue to put in the work to be competent and do what I can to dismantle white supremacy culture, catch any crap my mind comes up with, and generally work to be a good human. These days, when I'm not working or helping protect my neighbors from the government you can find me parenting my delightful teenager, modern quilting, reading, and talking walks in nature. I'm probably supposed to be more professional here, but it's probably good to know I take what I do very seriously, and I don't take myself seriously at all.