Services
- Individual
- Adolescent/Teen
About My Clients
Trauma, pain, or loss may be a part of your story, but we'll work together to cultivate a narrative where you flourish: transforming difficult experiences into fertile grounds for a rich existence. Dream big: What would your days, weeks, years be like without the obstacles of certain memories, thoughts, emotions, or patterns of behavior? We'll know our work is done when you feel peace and satisfaction in your relationship with yourself and others, and increased energy for daily life.
My Background and Approach
I graduated almost 20 years ago from the U of MN with a BS in Family Social Science. After a decade living in and exploring countries outside the US, I returned to MN for my MA in Marriage & Family Therapy. I value the relational, systemic lens of the MFT approach to healing. I draw from strength-based approaches to offer skills for you to use today, whether your challenges were born in the past or present. That could look like Brainspotting for stuck patterns of thought or intrusive memories, Trauma-Focused CBT or Narrative Therapy to develop skills and perspective, or using the framework of IFS to shrink shame and grow compassion for yourself and understanding for others. Or, none of the above; I consider myself a nimble clinician and I'm confident we will find a style of care that works for you.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe in the power of relationships. While I know you have your own innate compass for healing, and you have no doubt done important things towards your own self-discovery and growth, I also believe the shared journey with a trusted other can attend to wounds in ways that individual work just can't. Working with a therapist should not only transform the inner wounds and tensions accumulated during your lifetime, but also enhance your sense of belonging to the communities you trust the most, so that when our work has ended, you have grown your skills both intra- and inter-personally to continue a life of vibrancy and connectedness. I believe capacity for all the -isms and phobias live inside of us: sexism, racism, homophobia etc. Exploring our own capacities for both nurturing love and inflicting pain is a part of the human journey and important work for us all to endeavor.