I came to this work through my own healing.
I'm not afraid of the dark places. I've been in mine, and I know they're not the whole story.
For the past two decades, I've been in the depths of my own inner work — through meditation, through two years living in a Tibetan Buddhist retreat center and an ashram, through dance, through facing my own struggles with mental illness and trauma.
That work didn't stay contained to my own life. It overflowed, quietly and naturally, into a calling to sit with others in theirs.
Presence, before technique.
My training is in Hakomi — a mindfulness-based somatic psychotherapy — along with trauma-informed, attachment-based, and person-centered approaches. But training is only part of it.
What I actually bring into the room is presence: a willingness to slow down with you, to notice not just what you're saying but what your body is quietly showing us, too.
Healing, in my experience, isn't something I do to you. It's something that happens when every part of you — even the parts you've hidden or judged — is finally met with curiosity instead of correction.
Many of the people I work with have already done a lot of thinking about their pain. What they're often looking for is a way to actually feel different. That's the work we do together: not just insight, but integration.
I'm a mother to two children who teach me constantly, a lifelong dancer, a dedicated meditator, and someone who finds refuge in nature whenever I can. I'm moved by poetry and music, grateful for good friends and community, and still, after all these years, chasing a little more freedom in every moment.
Credentials
Licensure
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC #7478), California
Education
MA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling (minor: body-centered therapy), Appalachian State University
Advanced Training
Embodied Recovery for Eating Disorders (ERED), Levels 1 & ongoing consultation groups
Advanced Training
Hakomi Professional Skills Training, Levels 1 & 2, ongoing certification groups
Certification
Certified Yoga Teacher (CYT)
Additional Certificates
Post-graduate certificates in Expressive Arts Therapy and Addiction Counseling