ABOUT ME
I'm the kind of therapist who will sit with you in the hard stuff without rushing you toward the light at the end of the tunnel. I believe in slowing down when everything in you wants to speed up. I'm not a blank-slate therapist, and I am not perfect. I may not have the answers that you're looking for, but I will do my best to help you find them. I swear occasionally, and I'll laugh with you, too.
In sessions, I follow your lead, but I'm not passive either. I'll notice things and name what I see. I believe that sometimes the most important things show up in the silence, in what you almost said but didn't. I'm paying attention to all of it. And I'll be honest even when it's uncomfortable because that's what this work requires.
If you're looking for someone who will hand you coping skills and give you "homework," I'm probably not your person. If you're looking for someone who will actually be in the room with you, I might be exactly that.
—— HOW I GOT HERE
My practice evolved
over time.
EARLY CAREER
FOLLOWING YEARS
MID CAREER
PRIVATE PRACTICE
NOW
Domestic Violence Shelter
Working directly with women in crisis taught me that rebuilding yourself after everything has been taken is possible.
Young Women Exiting Child Protective System
These were women building a life figuring out attachment, identity, and belonging from scratch. It taught me how much is possible when someone finally has a consistent person on their side.
Community Mental Health
I learned to hold a lot without rushing toward resolution, without needing to fix it, move past it, or make it more comfortable than it is.
When I moved into private practice, I made a deliberate choice: I wanted to work with fewer people and go further with each of them. Real change that shifts how someone moves through the world.
My practice is always evolving with me...
I'm in a season of my own life that's reshaping how I understand and show up in this work. Perimenopause, midlife, the identity shifts... I'm living all of it And it makes me a better therapist for the women who come to me in the middle of it.
—— WHAT I BELIEVE ABOUT HEALING
The things that don't change
from session to session.
01
Healing is possible. Not just managing or coping. Actual shifts in how you feel inside your own life can happen.
02
Your body is not the enemy. It's holding some information that your mind hasn't been able to access yet.
03
You are not too much. You are someone whose nervous system has been carrying more than it should have for a long time.
04
So much of what hurts happened in relationships. That's also where it heals, which is why the relationship you and I build together is central to our "work" together.
05
Slow is not stuck. Moving at a pace your system can integrate is how change actually happens and sticks.
06
You get to want more than relief. Feeling like yourself again is not too much to ask. That's the whole point.
07
You're not broken. You never were. The goal is not to fix you but to help you stop working against yourself
—— TRAINING & CREDENTIALS
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) · MA Forensic Psychology, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology,2008 · Illinois telehealth therapy & therapy intensives statewide.
IFS-informed
Sensorimotor psychotherapy
Hakomi psychotherapy
Depth psychotherapy
Somatic trauma
Attachment-informed
Ongoing specialized training in trauma treatment, somatic approaches, and attachment theory as it applies to adult therapeutic work
—— READY WHEN YOU ARE
Schedule a brief consultation
with me
The consultation is a chance to get a sense of each other and decide if it feels right.