You don’t have to rush your healing here.

You might have spent a long time surviving, adapting, or doing what was necessary to get through each day. Now something in you knows it’s time for support - not because you’re failing, but because you don’t have to carry this alone anymore. Some things may feel clear, while others feel confusing or tangled. Both are welcome here. You don’t need to protect me from the hard parts, explain your pain perfectly, or convince me that it matters. It already does, and I count it a privilege to hold space for your story - the beautiful parts and the broken parts.

I work with teens and adults who are navigating trauma, relationship challenges, life transitions, grief, anxiety, depression, and the effects of abuse. I provide individual, couples, and family counseling, with particular experience in trauma stemming from domestic abuse and coercive control, sexual abuse, and religious or church hurt.

I am a Christian, and I believe the Holy Spirit has given you the power and capacity to move toward what is good, right, and true. At the same time, I recognize that many people have been harmed by a church, particular teachings of a church, or spiritual authority. We will gently and respectfully navigate faith, trauma, and church hurt at your pace, and I will never pressure forgiveness or impose beliefs. Healing does not need to be hurried.

My approach is grounded in the belief that counseling is most effective when it is rooted in safety, trust, empathy, and a genuine therapeutic relationship. My therapeutic orientation is primarily cognitive-behavioral, with elements of narrative therapy, emotion-focused therapy, trauma-focused CBT, and trauma-informed somatic interventions. I was trauma-informed long before I became a counselor. Before entering this field, I worked as a health coach, life coach, and for over 15 years as a domestic abuse victims’ advocate. Those experiences deeply shape how I show up in the therapy room. I will name abuse when it is present, I will not minimize harm or sugarcoat what you’ve been through, and I will walk alongside you, advocating for you, empowering you to make your own decisions with confidence, and supporting you as you strengthen your sense of agency. It takes courage to be vulnerable, to tell your story, and to pursue healing. You don’t need to be “fixed”, but there is always room for hope, growth, and restoration - and I would be honored to walk alongside you as you navigate those paths.

I have been married for 26 years and am the proud mom to five amazing teens and young adults, as well as two sons-in-law. Outside the therapy room, I love sunshine, the beach, walking with friends, camping and boating with my family, and watching college football.