“Acceptance of pain is part of loving practice. It enables us to distinguish constructive suffering from self-indulgent hurt. When love’s promise has never been fulfilled in our lives it is perhaps the most difficult practice of love to trust that the passage through the painful abyss leads to paradise. “-bell hooks

Therapy is a process that often begins with inner polarity. Centering within relationship and your story, therapy is a co-creative process, using your aims and desires as guideposts, moving towards finding relief and hope. In session, it is discovering what is inside of you that suffers, aches, holds you back, and defends while at the same time nurturing what is true, strong, adaptive, and dependable within you.

You can expect to be listened to, challenged, supported, and guided to understand and express yourself in deeper ways.

For children, it is about providing them with safety, a voice, discovering their resilience, and nurturing their capacities to fully express their feelings. This is done through meeting children where they are- in play, art, music, and writing. My background as an artist lends itself well to encouraging non-verbal means of expression to open up the emotional world of a child. I enjoy meeting a child with humor and aim to be kind and firm.

I use an eclectic approach as I am trained in : EMDR, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, TF-CBT, AF-CBT, CPT, JSO, and heavily influenced by IFS. I enjoy working with adults and children alike and specialize in treating trauma and reunification.