Prior to being a therapist, I was a hairstylist for a decade, which was a lot of fun and allowed me to be creative. Prior to that, I was a teacher. I find I am the type of person who will do whatever it takes to complete what I set my mind to, even if it seems ridiculous to others. I learned we only live once, and we have to take charge of our lives and make things happen. So I decided to go to graduate school to become a Social Worker. While I was in graduate school, I knew I wanted to be in a private practice working with sex and the LGBTQIA+ community.

I grew up in central Indiana and graduated from Franklin College with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education, and received my Master's Degree from Indiana University School of Social Work, Indianapolis campus.

I specialize in trauma and how it impacts relationships. I love working with couples, especially couples who have experienced the hurt from infidelity. It provides a wonderful opportunity for couples to re-envision what their relationships can become by connecting, while also learning how to face the pain and hurt they experienced. Working with non-traditional relationships has been a lot of fun. We get to explore how each person wants to share and receive love from their partners, while maintaining an open dialogue to share what wounds and adaptations come up along the way.

Regardless of the client, helping anyone engage, resolve and reinvent through life’s challenges is a calling I humbly accept. Helping increase awareness for each client so they can make intentional choices for their life is so rewarding. I also enjoy helping those who are empathic learn how to establish routines for self-care and ways to work with their emotions so they can engage with life and others in a way that can help reduce anxiety.

I am trained in Brainspotting, which is a brain-body relational psychotherapy, that is shown to work well with many areas of struggle, including trauma, depression, and anxiety to name a few. It uses feelings in the body and one’s visual field to process events in the subconscious or non-verbal parts of the brain. It has helped so many clients gain freedom after their trauma.

I am also working on my certification in Imago, which is a dialogical therapy (based on having specific types of conversations with another). Imago focuses on the wounding experienced early in life and how we adapt to those hurts. When in a relationship, our adaptations can cause conflict. Imago seeks to find the source of the adaptations and provides the space necessary for partners to connect, heal, and grow, by providing corrective emotional experiences for each other.

I invite individuals, relationships (traditional and non-traditional), and families who seek deeper, more meaningful connections to themselves and those around them. I am committed to building and maintaining a therapeutic relationship that will support healing and foster a deeper sense of awareness for my clients.

If you would like to know more about my therapeutic processes, please reach out. I would love to speak to you about how we can work together to help you reach your goals.