A supervisor of mine once said, “Fixing is what we do to objects. Fixing isn’t relational. This is relational work.” That has stuck with me ever since and it’s how I approach therapy. It’s relationship work. The pain you might have experienced with a partner or family member, or the distress you might feel with anxiety, shame, depression—I don’t believe that any of it needs fixing. I believe it needs an attuned and reparative relationship, mostly importantly with your Self. Once we embark on that journey with ourselves and with others, that’s when I believe we experience healing. I am here to partner with you and guide you into deep compassionate curiosity towards your system and the parts that are bringing you here. I strive to make this a safe and sacred space where we can start learning how to embrace and ultimately come home to our truest, most authentic selves.

I whole-heartedly believe that the relationship cultivated between me, your therapist, and you, the client, is one of the most impactful factors of change in therapy. Wounds and trauma are created in relationship, and I also believe that’s the only way we can access healing—in relationship. I use a combination of Internal Family Systems (IFS/Parts work) and Polyvagal Theory (how our nervous system works) to guide our sessions. This helps you develop attunement to your internal system not just awareness and insight. Areas that I typically work with are: anxiety, depression, grief and loss, religious deconstruction, relationship wounds, and couples work. As a bi-racial person, I also welcome those working through issues of identity and belonging. I understand the complexity those spaces involve and honor the safe space it requires.

I hold a MA in Marriage and Family Therapy from Trevecca Nazarene University and I’m trained in Somatic and Attachment based EMDR, Level 1 Brainspotting, various somatic and parts work interventions, and I’m currently completing my IFS Level 1 Training through the IFS Institute. I also partake in ongoing monthly consultations with colleagues to sharpen my knowledge and deepen my understanding and skill in this profession. Outside of that, I'm a firm believer that a good cup of tea, a long walk in nature with my spouse, and cuddles with my cats can instantly remedy any hard day for me. Give me all the books, music, art, and any conversation that takes us deep into our feelings and why life is so beautiful, tragic, and mysterious.