What many refer to as symptoms, I see instead as messages demonstrating the ways a person has been stretched beyond their ability to cope. While I draw on a range of theories and techniques, they all recognize relationships as primary sites for meaning and feeling. I believe that humans rise and fall to occasions in life depending on a wide variety of influencing factors. Particularly, our important relationships can form the templates for our relationships throughout life. Still, when we have been hurt, we have an incredible capacity to repair from the inside out.

I worked in education for about 20 years before making a shift to mental health. My therapy style draws on my experiences as a teacher and qualitative researcher, through both of which I cultivated an unconditional regard for all that it can mean to be human. You can expect me to be direct yet gentle, collaborative, authentic, and empathic.