Our Therapists

My passion is understanding stored childhood trauma and the long-term effects it can have on adults. I tailor interventions to meet your specific needs. In a warm, understanding, and safe environment, I provide services for a wide range of disorders and difficulties including anxiety, depression, substance use, eating disorders, life transitions, stress, and parenting.

Using a holistic approach and “meeting the client where they are,” my goal is to assist you in reaching your ideal functioning in the 8 dimensions of wellness (emotional, physical, occupational, social, spiritual, intellectual, environmental, and financial). I specialize in treating ADHD, anxiety, depression, anger, emotional dysregulation, self-esteem, and interpersonal struggles.

I am passionate about helping teens, young adults and adults to find freedom from their past and current struggles. I come along side hurting, anxious and overwhelmed individuals and help them find renewed strength and resiliency.

I firmly believe that we all have within us the natural ability to heal from trauma. My goal is to create a safe, nonjudgmental space where you can find your voice and feel empowered to move through life’s ups and downs with flexibility and confidence.

I offer clients a place where they can safely describe their worries and struggles and where they know that together we hold space for all their parts who need to be heard.

Although we share experiences, I believe that our individual stories are unique and shaped by developmental and cultural factors. My main focus is recognizing and meeting these individual needs. Therefore, I use a holistic and integrative approach that considers the physical, social, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being of each individual with whom I am honored to share my space.

I am passionate about helping children, adolescents, adults, and families through difficult times and supporting them through those times. I know that each client is their own person, so I meet each client where they are emotionally and mentally, modifying my treatment approach to best aid each client in achieving their goals.

I draw upon many approaches to create a compassionate, yet challenging experience and therapeutic environment for each client. I work with children, adolescents, and teens coping with the effects of divorce, grief, stress, anxiety, and school-related issues. I enjoy working with adults as well, particularly women.

An interesting mix of professional training, skills, and life experience adds a unique richness to what I offer clients. I also have been trained as a divorce mediator and received advanced training in EMDR and Somatic Experiencing, gentle and effective treatments for trauma resolution.

My services are rooted in Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT). While I specialize in working with at risk youth, youth in foster care, and those with complex trauma, my clients are of all ages – children as young as 5 through older adults.

The role of an Advanced Practice Nurse in Psychiatry is, in part, prescribing needed medications. I prescribe Psychotropic medications for adults. Medications can stabilize moods, help one to focus, decrease anxiety, and provide enhanced feelings of wellbeing. When thinking is clearer and mood is stable, your work with a therapist can be enhanced.

I have 23 years of experience working with children and adolescents. I use a strength- based approach, and I provide a safe space to assist in the processes of empowerment, healing and growth. When working with adults, we look at emotional blockages, relationships, poor self esteem and short term goals.

With expertise in nursing, mental health, social work, and yoga, I have skills and experience to help clients emotionally heal. I combine counseling techniques with yogic practices in group or individual sessions to help create a safe space and to empower clients to use new tools for self-exploration and discovery. I work with older teens and adults.

My therapeutic style is gentle and person-centered while working with children, teens, and adults. I use CBT, DBT, Internal Family System and have training in EMDR. I am working towards certification in Somatic Experiencing.

I work with adults who have experienced trauma and developmental trauma in their lives. I primarily use a somatic approach to help my clients have more capacity in their lives for regulation. I use a client-centered approach and determine therapeutic goals with each individual.

Specialized training in trauma has helped me deeply understand the integration of body, mind, and spirit. I work with adults and my approach is client-centered, strengths-based, and integrative with a focus on identity and value.

I am currently attending Tulane University in Louisiana online for my MSW program. Tulane’s School of Social Work training has given me a broad understanding of several therapy approaches that I use with clients. I love incorporating mindfulness-based strategies during therapy and encourage clients to use them outside of sessions to help create a more peaceful, joy-filled life.