SO, ABOUT ME…(THE SHORT VERSION)
I’ve spent more than 20 years working in mental health and pretty early on I realized that, for me, therapy doesn’t have to feel so therapist-y.
I’m interested in really understanding people and what they’re experiencing and that shows up in how I work. I value our time together and approach how I do things with intention. I look for our meetings to be effective and impactful without having to feel heavy. Humor and creativity often find their way into the room.
Professionally, I’m a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Tennessee. My work has spanned mental health and personal growth, across private practice, community mental health, and substance use treatment. For more than a decade, alongside my work in private practice, I served as a behavioral health consultant working in child welfare.
Outside of work, I like to listen to music too loudly, explore new places, read anything from neuroscience to autobiographies, lift heavy things, and follow interests down unexpected paths. I also spend an unreasonable amount of time driving my kids to sporting events.
Therapy doesn't have to feel overwhelming.
SPECIALIZED TREATMENT
- Trauma Resolution
- Anxiety
- Perinatal and Postpartum
- Performance and Mindset
- Life Transitions
- Personal Growth
- Phobias
APPROACHES & MODALITIES
- Certified Rapid Resolution Therapy ® (RRT) Specialist
- Brainspotting (BSP)
- Clinical Hypnotherapy (NBCCH)
- Somatic and Experiential Approaches
A Closer Look At These Approaches
Rapid Resolution Therapy® (RRT) is an experiential approach designed to create change in thoughts, emotions, habits and automatic responses that can continue even if you know something different. Using multilevel communication, imagery, storytelling, metaphor, and humor, RRT works with conscious understanding and processes outside of conscious awareness to create more natural, automatic change.
You don’t have to “feel it to heal it.” RRT is my primary approach for trauma because it does not require repeatedly reliving painful experiences in order to resolve their impact. Beyond trauma, RRT can shift anxiety, limiting beliefs, performance blocks and other patterns- while strengthening your resources for moving forward.
Brainspotting is a brain-body approach and an alternative to EMDR that uses where you look, along with awareness of what is happening internally, to access and process experiences that may be difficult to reach through talking alone. You can talk as much or as little as you’d like. Because the process doesn’t depend on having the right words, it can be useful with experiences that occured before language or are difficult to described. Brainspotting can also be used to access and strengthen internal resources and support growth.
Clinical Hypnotherapy uses focused attention, guided techniques, and intentional communication to access internal resources, shift perspectives, and create valuable change beyond conscious analysis alone. Hypnosis involves concentrated awareness and increased openness to new associations and responses that align with a shared intention.
Clear what’s in the way. See what’s possible.
Feeling Stuck?
