YOU MIGHT BE HERE BECAUSE
You know yourself well.
And you're still stuck.
On the outside. You are capable. Steady. Put-together. The one everyone leans on in every room, in every role.
And you carry it well.
You've done the inner work. Therapy, self-reflection, the books. You have the insight.
And something — same pattern, same weight, same exhaustion —
keeps showing up anyway. That's not a failure of effort. It is a sign
that maybe the approach needs to change.
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The anxiety does not quiet down no matter how much you understand it
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You're high-functioning on the outside and barely holding it together inside
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Rest does not touch the exhaustion
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You can see your patterns clearly and repeat them anyway
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You're not sure who you are when no one needs anything from you
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Something shifted in midlife, in your body, in your sense of self, and you do not recognize yourself anymore
THIS IS DIFFERENT
Therapy that honors
your intelligence and your nervous system.
Your mind, body, your history, and your relationships all belong in the room.
Not as separate problems to solve, but as parts of one whole person.
This is not surface-level coping or symptom management. This work is vulnerable,
sometimes uncomfortable, and profoundly freeing because it goes to the root of
what's actually happening, not just the story you've learned to tell about it.
WHO THIS IS FOR
Intelligent, self-aware, motivated women
who are genuinely ready for something to shift.
What the women I work with have in common is not their diagnosis or their history.
It's that they've done the work, they have the insight, and something still hasn't moved.
— THE DOERS AND THE GIVERS who are exhausted by how much they carry and don't know how to stop.
— WOMEN CARRYING OLD TRAUMA that keeps surfacing in new situations, new relationships, new seasons of life.
— WOMEN IN PERIMENOPAUSE AND/OR MIDLIFE who feel like the ground has shifted underneath them emotionally, physically,
and in their sense of self.
— WOMEN IN MAJOR TRANSITIONS such as career change, relationship ending, divorce, loss, new chapter. who want support that
goes deeper than coping.
HOW WE WORK
The approach follows you —
not the other way around.
I work somatically, which means we include the body as an important source of information. Using IFS-informed, depth-oriented, and nervous-system-based approaches, we work at the level where lasting change actually happens.
Where I work most deeply
Anxiety
The kind that lives in high-achieving women. Looks like competence. Feels like bracing for everything to fall apart.
Trauma
Including the kind that does not have a clear event. The slow accumulation of not being safe, not being seen, not being enough.
Burnout
Not a productivity problem. A nervous system and relational issue — a body that has been giving more than it has received for a very long time.
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Perimenopause & Midlife
When the body and the self are changing at once — and what used to work, does not anymore.
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Therapy Intensives
For when 50 minutes a week is not enough. Half-day and full-day formats for deeper, concentrated work.
About Me
15+ years working in DV shelters, child welfare, community mental health, and private practice. This work comes from somewhere real.
BEGIN HERE
Free 20-minute conversation
is where most people start.
No commitment, no intake forms before we've spoken. Just a chance to see if this feels like a fit.
Not ready to book yet?
Start here.
If you're still finding your footing , figuring out if this kind of work is what you need, the free guide is a good place to begin. It won't ask anything of you except a moment to slow down. And it won't try to talk you into anything.
WHAT'S INSIDE:
13 sessions each designed to support nervous system healing:
• A brief explanation of the practice
• A simple exercise you can do anywhere
• Journaling prompts to reflect and notice
Get the free guide!
Stay connected with supportive practices and reflections to slow down and simplify your life.
"The women I work with are already self-aware.
What they need is someone who can sit with them
in the places insight has not been able to reach."
Services
A consistent space to slow down, process what's coming up, and build real change over time. This is ongoing support for anxiety, trauma, relationship stress, perimenopause, and the work of becoming more fully yourself.
Sessions are held virtually throughout Illinois.
Two to four hours, or a full or multi day immersive sessions for when you want to go deeper without the stop-and-start of weekly sessions. Intensives are ideal if you feel stuck in a specific pattern, want to move through something more quickly or deeply, or prefer concentrated work on your own schedule.
Sessions are held virtually throughout Illinois.
The first conversation
does not commit you to anything.