Integrated Healing. Lasting Change.
My Journey to You.

My career began as an elementary teacher, where I first learned that a child’s ability to learn is inseparable from their emotional safety. That realization led me into school counseling, where I supported students from kindergarten through graduation.

My perspective is shaped by the intensity of disaster response and traumatic loss, but it is rooted in my personal story. I grew up in a working-class family, and I understand the unique "double life" of navigating a high-wealth community while holding onto blue-collar roots. I know the pressure of high-performance environments and the subtle, often silent, weight of feeling like you have to prove you belong.

That lived experience—combined with the advocacy required for my younger brother with special needs and the long walk of supporting my family through addiction—has given me a front-row seat to the complexities of human struggle. I also bring the deep empathy of my own recovery from eating and body image challenges. I don’t just understand the clinical definitions of "perfectionism" or "crisis"; I know what they feel like from the inside out.

I’ve moved toward change—both professional and personal—so that I can help you find your way through it. I offer a roadmap to resilience cultivated at every level of the human experience. I will intentionally commit compassion, empathy, forgiveness and acceptance into our work together. We all deserve to feel seen, heard, and understood for who we are and what we need. We also deserve to be forgiven for the “flaws” that make us human.