Who I help

I work with adults (old and young) and parents (separately or as a couple) who struggle with self-worth, parenting, communication, setting boundaries, anxiety, depression, childhood trauma and/or relationship issues. If you recognize your struggles and have a true desire to improve yourself, your parenting, and your relationships, you’re in the right place.

The Gap Between Knowing and Doing
Recurring problems are signals that something within us is still trying to integrate the lessons from our past experiences. The challenges we face are not due to a lack of knowledge, rather, knowledge is only powerful when we’re aware of what we know. The challenges we face are often the same familiar patterns, e complex lessons we need to learn. Once we learn the lesson we can intuitively apply the insight gained in future experiences.

Restoring Connection to Self
My soul believes that each of us has an intuitive sense of how to live in alignment with Self and others—some have just lost access to that inner knowing because somewhere along the way you were disconnected from your authentic self-expression. This disconnection is often learned through past experience, and while staying quiet, keeping the peace, people pleasing, etc., may temporarily solve problems, over time the distance from our internal compass perpetuates even bigger problems and familiar patterns, and on and on we go… In our work together we will focus on helping everyone restore connection to their inner knowing.

Journey to Self
I am committed to treating the root cause of problems, not just the symptoms. The most important relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself. In my work with anyone, I start with YOU. In my work with parents, I start with YOU. You must face yourself within the context of your relationships at home, at school, at work, and everywhere in between, and I am committed to walking the path with you to help you understand who you are.

Something magical happens when you shine the light on yourself and reflect on what’s behind your patterns, behaviors, and interactions. You begin to deeply connect with the layered experiences you’ve accumulated throughout your life. You start to accept your role and see what you could do differently. You will eventually relate to yourself, your children, and others differently.

Becoming Authentic
Authenticity is the highest feeling (frequency) available to any human. To be authentic is to know what we stand for, what we value and don’t value, what we like and dislike. Authenticity is freedom to be who you are while accepting others as they take their own paths toward the same freedom.

To reach that level of authenticity, we must acknowledge our own pain and the maladaptive coping patterns that have become habits, and then we have to have compassion for those parts of ourselves so we can reach acceptance and let go of what doesn’t serve us.

All behavior is communication. Without self-awareness and self-compassion, not only will we struggle to see our own suffering, but we will also struggle to see the suffering that others are communicating to us through their behavior. Over-explaining, defensiveness, blame, justifying ourselves, self deprecation, and so many other maladaptive coping strategies keep us from leaning into ourselves with compassion and understanding, leaving us stuck, and missing the lesson entirely. When we are honest with ourselves, not only do our relationships change entirely but a biological change happens within us as well!

The journey always begins and ends with YOU and everything within you.

What to Expect on the Journey

I use an integrative, systemic, and trauma-informed approach, employing psychoeducation from a relational lens, teaching self-inquiry and self-reflection techniques, along with communication and behavioral strategies. I also use an emotion coaching framework, HeartMath Coherence, and nervous system-informed strategies. I aim to help you develop greater self-awareness and reconnect with your internal compass aka intuitive sense of knowing. You will learn to interpret emotions as meaningful intuitive signals rather than obstacles or threats.

My Story
A very long journey and many many lessons have led me down this path. Grateful and humble, I received my Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of New Hampshire in 2022. I am a Certified Braincore Neurofeedback Provider, passionate about the healing benefits of neurofeedback as an alternative to medication for treating developmental trauma and certain mental health conditions. I am a HeartMath Coherence Clinical Practioner passionate about the healing power of the heart and our life force energy. I am also a Level III Reiki Master/Teacher and enjoy integrating energy work and intuitive development into my practice. I look forward to meeting you.