People often come to therapy when the ways they've been getting through life are no longer working. You may be dealing with anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship stress, burnout, or a life transition that has brought old patterns to the surface.

My approach is relational and grounded. Together, we'll explore what's happening in your life today while also making space to understand how earlier relationships, family roles, culture, identity, and stress responses may have shaped the ways you've learned to move through the world. I don't believe therapy has to feel rushed or overly clinical to be meaningful. Sometimes our work will be practical. Sometimes it will be emotional. Sometimes it means slowing down enough to notice what has been difficult to name.

Trauma & Nervous System Work

Trauma is not always held as a clear memory or a single event. It can show up as anxiety, shutdown, irritability, disconnection, tension, exhaustion, or feeling like your body is always preparing for something. In therapy, we may explore the story of what happened, but we'll also pay attention to how your nervous system has adapted to help you survive. My goal is never to push you into difficult experiences before you're ready, but to work at a pace that feels safe, collaborative, and respectful of where you are. Together, we'll create more room for choice, regulation, and healing. My work is informed by ongoing training in Somatic Experiencing®, a body-based approach that supports trauma healing by working with the nervous system rather than asking you to revisit painful experiences before you're ready.

Grief, Change & Relationship Patterns

I work with people navigating grief, caregiving stress, family complexity, relationship strain, burnout, and major life changes. These experiences often make long-standing patterns more visible, whether that's over-functioning, shutting down, people-pleasing, self-doubt, anger, numbness, or feeling responsible for more than is yours to carry. Therapy can be a place to understand those patterns with compassion rather than judgment. Together, we'll explore what those patterns have been trying to protect and whether they're still serving the life you want to live.

Identity, Culture & Belonging

Race, culture, identity, family history, and experiences of belonging all shape how we understand ourselves and relate to others. Some parts of who you are cannot be separated from the families, communities, and systems that have shaped your life. You don't have to simplify or explain every part of your experience here. I strive to create a space where complexity is welcomed, curiosity is encouraged, and every part of your story has room to exist.

Creativity, Body Awareness & Processing Beyond Words

Before becoming a therapist, I spent many years immersed in art-making, body-based practice, and community mental health. Those experiences continue to shape how I think about healing and the many ways people make meaning.

Sometimes words are enough, and sometimes they aren't. Our bodies, emotions, memories, creativity, and relationships all hold important information. My background in counseling psychology with an art therapy concentration, along with ongoing movement and somatic training, allows me to support healing through more than conversation alone. Together, we'll find an approach that feels authentic, grounded, and meaningful for you.