I’m a mental health counselor, and I’ve been practicing in this field for ten years. I provide outpatient individual and group therapy to adults, and I conduct clinical and forensic evaluations. I work with adults navigating mood and anxiety disorders, life transitions, relational issues, and stage-of-life difficulties, and the everyday stuff that gets harder to carry alone. I especially enjoy working with people who are eager to be challenged, open to increasing their self-awareness, and willing to sit in the harder parts of healing rather than rush past them.

People come to me for evaluations for different reasons. Some feel they haven't had a provider willing to sit with them long enough to really hear and understand their experience. Others have had providers who did that well but still couldn't reach a diagnostic conclusion. And some have collected so many different diagnoses from different providers over the years that they're simply looking for answers. Whatever brings someone in, the goal is the same: a clear diagnosis they can build a real treatment plan around.

I was diagnosed with ADHD myself, later in life, just a few years ago. I've also navigated some unexpected health challenges of my own. So when a client sits across from me, I can understand the vulnerability of being on the other side, seeking support from a professional.

Outside of work, I spend my time gardening, making flower arrangements, watching hummingbirds, hunting through antique stores, keeping up with more reality TV than I probably should admit to, and spending time with my family.

I believe the work I do with clients is a partnership, not something done to someone but something we build together. My hope, in therapy and in evaluations alike, is to offer a human-to-human approach to healing.