Services
- Individual
- Couples
- Family
- Child
- Adolescent/Teen
About My Clients
You’ve been the strong one for so long you’ve forgotten it was a role. Maybe you grew up too fast and learned to read a room before you could read a book, or got very good at making yourself small enough to feel safe. I work with people carrying childhood trauma, PTSD, complex grief, and burnout from the residue of systems that failed them, including foster care, adoption, & courts. I also work with people in transition: new jobs, new roles, new places, new sobriety, new versions of themselves.
My Background and Approach
I’ve spent the last decade working inside systems people hope they never need: child protective services, juvenile rehabilitation, foster care, adoption, and courts. I’ve sat in living rooms on the worst day of a family’s life and in courtrooms where a childhood was decided in twenty minutes. This work has taught me how to stay steady when a story turns ugly, and how rarely people get met without judgment. I hold a Master of Social Work and a Master of Science in Forensic Psychology, and I practice under clinical supervision toward my LICSW. My approach draws on DBT, CBT, attachment-based work, and mindfulness, though the model matters less than the fit. Sessions with me are direct and collaborative. I’ll tell you what I’m noticing. I won’t nod politely while you spin. You set the pace. We’ll build skills you can actually use, not just language for describing the problem.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe most people are doing the best they can with what they were handed, and that “dysfunction” is usually just unmet need wearing a costume. Healing doesn’t require you to forgive anyone but yourself, perform gratitude, or come out a softer person. My long-term work is to build support systems for survivors of trafficking and exploitation, where therapy efforts are framed as reclamation, not rescue. Survivors don’t need to be saved. They need resources, respect, and someone who doesn’t flinch at all the horrifying details. Outside of sessions, I’m hiking on a mountain somewhere, on a lake paddleboarding, or deep into a horror movie or book with unwavering loyalty to the final girl. I have tattoos, strong opinions about Star Wars, and no patience for the blank-slate therapist act. You’ll know there’s a real person in the room with you. I welcome clients of every identity, orientation, and background. You will not have to explain or defend who you are in this room.