I am a depth psychotherapist who utilizes a somatic and psychodynamic approach. I explore past and present identity formation, intimacy patterns, and the personal metaphors living alongside my clients to help them gain a better understanding around the rest of their stories. With nonjudgmental perspective exploration my clients and I engage the unconscious through creative invitation and the body. I often partner with people who are experiencing the confusion, anger, and/or shame that comes from living with persistent emotional hunger pangs. At the core of my work as a psychotherapist, I endeavor to facilitate the healing process between my clients and their deep desire for a well-fed life.
I support both individuals and couples in the naming and navigation of physical, mental, and emotional symptoms that come from ongoing or unconscious relational imbalances. I am passionate about shedding light on invisible labor within relationships that, when left unacknowledged, can lead to disconnection and burnout. I aim to empower my clients by facilitating a deepened understanding of how the past may be affecting the present. I believe in the integral, connective role of embodied androgyny in healthy relationships and I am ever interested in how race and gender impacts privilege, diagnosis, social credibility, and cultural progress.
My work is trauma-informed and I have experience working with relationship issues, depression, anxiety, grief & loss, complex PTSD, parenting/co-parenting stressors, and life transitions. I hold a Master of Arts in Depth Psychology with an emphasis in Somatic Studies from Pacifica Graduate Institute (2014) and a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from The University of Nebraska at Omaha (2018.)
Pictured with Lilith (1994) by Kiki Smith
The Metropolitan Museum of Art