Services
- Individual
- Couples
About My Clients
My ideal client recognizes that difficult experiences, especially growing up, may still be shaping the challenges they face today. They may feel stuck in persistent emotional, relationship, or mental health patterns despite years of trying to change. They’re ready to look beyond simply managing symptoms and understand where their patterns came from, why they developed, and how to move forward with greater self-understanding and freedom.
My Background and Approach
With nearly 10 years of experience, I have worked across crisis care, community mental health, residential treatment, forensic and court-involved services, and private practice. My background includes supporting people with serious and persistent mental health challenges, co-occurring substance use concerns, and the lasting effects of trauma. My approach is trauma-informed and grounded in developmental psychology. I draw from Parts & Memory Therapy, a modality informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS), along with evidence-based approaches and techniques tailored to each client’s needs. Therapy may involve exploring the experiences and patterns that shaped current struggles, identifying what keeps those patterns going, and developing new ways of responding. I also create individualized psychoeducational materials and workbooks that clients can access between sessions.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe learning is lifelong and central to being an effective therapist. For a long time, I thought I was searching for the right specialty. I explored trauma, OCD, relationships, memory, sexuality, human development, and other areas, believing I eventually needed to choose one. What I came to realize is that these were never separate interests. They were different windows into the same lifelong question: How do human beings become who they become? I don’t believe there is one explanation for why people struggle. I’m fascinated by how experiences, biology, development, family, culture, relationships, identity, and the larger world around us interact throughout a person’s life. This is the lens through which I naturally see people: not as a diagnosis or a collection of symptoms, but as a whole person shaped by countless interacting experiences.