I believe that every person—child or adult—deserves a place where they feel safe, understood, and valued. My hope in counseling is to create a warm and welcoming space where children, adolescents, and women can come as they are, knowing they will be met with compassion, curiosity, and care. As a trauma-informed counselor, I prioritize creating an environment where clients feel emotionally safe, valued, and empowered in their healing process.

I especially enjoy working with children and helping families strengthen their connection and attachment. I often incorporate elements of Theraplay, a playful and relationship-focused approach that helps build trust, emotional security, and healthy parent-child bonds. Through guided play and connection, children can express themselves in ways that words alone sometimes cannot.

I also have a special passion for working with women. Many women carry the responsibility of caring for others while quietly navigating their own stress, traumas, and challenges. My goal is to provide a space where women can slow down enough to begin to process their own experience and be validated in that, while also being able to reconnect with themselves. Together, we can work toward providing a greater understanding of yourself, confidence in your strengths, and your emotional well-being.

Along with relational and play-based approaches, I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients understand how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors interact and influence one another. This, along with mindfulness-based approaches, helps you and me, in our work together, identify unhelpful thought and/or behavior patterns and develop healthier ways of responding to life’s challenges through practical coping skills and regulation techniques.

Whether I am working with a child who is navigating big feelings, a parent who is seeking support, or a woman walking through a difficult season, my desire is to walk alongside each person with empathy, encouragement, and hope. I believe growth happens in safe relationships, and it is a privilege to support people as they move toward healing and greater confidence in themselves and their relationships.