My approach to therapy is warm, nonjudgmental, compassionate, and collaborative. I believe a safe, connected therapeutic relationship is essential in providing effective, transformative therapy. I honor the individuality of my clients and know the courage and strength it takes to come to therapy, and I firmly believe that it’s in our deepest struggles that we have the most potential for learning and growth. I am guided by the belief that everyone holds the ability within themselves to heal, and that together through a trusting therapeutic relationship, I can assist clients in their journeys towards being more deeply connected to themselves and others. 

I recognize how the body holds thoughts, emotions, patterns, and energy associated with our life experiences, especially painful or traumatic ones. To help clients heal and process their challenges, I utilize my training in Internal Family Systems (IFS) to help clients access authentic self-compassion and curiosity about their internal landscape. Through assisting clients in accessing greater self-compassion, they can then connect with and heal the parts of themselves that hold painful roles and beliefs in their lives. I help people go inside to learn about their mixed emotions and how to make more space to hold and support the most painful parts of themselves, like parts that feel alone, afraid, conflicted, or even “broken”. I blend IFS with Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, a body-based form of talk therapy that integrates mindful awareness and somatic techniques to help regulate the nervous system and heal traumatic experiences. I also draw from my training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) to integrate concrete, mindfulness-based skills and accessible, practical tools into therapy that clients can bring to their daily lives. 

I strive to be inclusive and welcoming to people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, sizes, abilities, genders, and sexual orientations. I am LGBTQIA+ affirming. My pronouns are she/her/hers.