A little more about me
I'm drawn to the moments when someone starts saying what they actually think, instead of what they think they're supposed to say. That shift — from performing to being honest, even just with yourself — is where I think most of the real work happens.
I understand how disorienting it can be to sit with the harder parts of your life — the patterns you can't quite explain, the version of yourself you don't fully recognize anymore, the things you've never said out loud. My work is to make room for all of that without judgment, and without rushing you toward an answer before you're ready for one.
Change, in my experience, happens less through advice and more through being known — really known, including the parts you usually keep managed or hidden. In our work together, I'll meet you with honesty and patience, and I'll pay as much attention to what's already working in you as to what's hard. Whether you're working through anxiety, a life transition, or trying to understand a pattern that keeps repeating, my aim is to help you feel less at odds with yourself.
My Background & Approach
I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor. My clinical work is grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and a person-centered, humanistic lens — with somatic awareness and mindfulness woven in to help you connect with what's happening in your body, not just your thoughts.
In practice, that means:
ACT helps us get some distance from unhelpful thought patterns without needing to fight or suppress them — and reconnect with what actually matters to you.
IFS looks at the different parts of you — the striving part, the anxious part, the part that's exhausted — and helps them work together instead of against each other.
Somatic and mindfulness-based practices bring attention to the body, where a lot of anxiety and stress live whether or not the mind has caught up.
I've completed advanced training in ACT for depression, anxiety, and trauma, and in IFS for trauma treatment. I also bring a shame-informed lens to working with clients navigating body image and disordered eating habits — this isn't a specialty focus for me, and if what you're navigating is more acute, I'll help connect you with a specialist better suited to that level of care. I've also pursued additional training in attachment theory and relational dynamics, which shapes how I think about relationship patterns and connection.
I tailor how I use all of this to you specifically — your story, what's actually helpful for where you are right now, and what feels supportive rather than performative.
It means something to me to be trusted with that seat at the table — to sit with you as you piece your story back together and find your way toward the life you actually want.
