I've been doing this work for over 15 years. And the thing I know is that the women who come to me don't need someone to hand them a framework for healing, but someone who will actually stay in the hard parts, in the blur and the mess, in the places that don't have clear answers yet. That's what I'm here for.
—— HOW I GOT HERE
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My practice evolved
over time.
​I spent years working with women in crisis, in shelters, in systems, in community mental health, before I ever worked in private practice. That shaped everything about how I show up in with you.
EARLY CAREER
​Domestic Violence Shelter
Working directly with women in crisis taught me that rebuilding yourself after everything has been taken is possible.
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FOLLOWING YEARS
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 in their corner.
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MID CAREER
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.
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PRIVATE PRACTICE
​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.
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NOW
My practice is always evolving with me...
I'm in a season of my own life that's reshaping how I understand this work. Perimenopause, midlife, the identity shifts... I'm living it! And it makes me a better therapist for the women who come to me in the middle of it.
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01
​​Healing is possible. Not just managing or coping. Actual change in how you feel inside your own life can happen.
02
Your body is not the enemy. It may be holding 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 relationship. 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 stays.
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​
—— WHAT I BELIEVE ABOUT HEALING
The things that don't change
from session to session.
—— 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
Depth psychotherapy
Sensorimotor psychotherapy
Somatic trauma
Hakomi graduate
Attachment-informed
Ongoing specialized training in trauma treatment, somatic approaches, and attachment theory as it applies to adult therapeutic work
—— READY WHEN YOU ARE​
The first conversation
doesn't commit you to anything.​
The consultation is a chance to get a sense of each other and decide if it feels right.
No pressure. No forms before we have spoken.​