Feeling Understood Can Change Everything
Whatever you're carrying, you are more than the struggle you're in.
Whether you're navigating anxiety, an eating disorder, relationship challenges, or a season of change that feels difficult to make sense of, my work begins with curiosity, careful listening, and a commitment to understanding the whole person.
Drawing on more than 25 years of clinical experience and evidence-based psychological practice, my goal isn't simply to reduce distress. It's to help people better understand themselves, strengthen important relationships, and develop the insight, skills, and resilience to respond to life's challenges.
Together, we work toward a life that feels more authentic, connected, and hopeful.
Teens
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Young Adults
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Parents & Families
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Women in Midlife
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Schools & Organization
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Teens • Young Adults • Parents & Families • Women in Midlife • Schools & Organization •
You may be in the right place if you…
Look successful on the outside but struggle internally with perfectionism, anxiety, self-criticism, or burnout.
Want better strategies for managing your own feelings, responses and health.
Want support that's thoughtful, practical, and genuinely tailored to you — not a one-size-fits-all model.
Are looking for someone who will listen closely, challenge you when it counts, and help you find your own way forward.
Are worried about your child's emotional well-being and aren't sure how to help.
Are a parent trying to stay close to your teen while weathering the hardest parts of adolescence.
Feel stuck in patterns around food, exercise, body image, or self-worth.
Are moving through a major life transition and feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure what comes next.
How I Help (My Services)
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Therapy
I help individuals and families understand themselves and their challenges. Together, we find a way through — strengthening relationships, developing strategies, and creating meaningful, lasting change.
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Speaking & Education
Are you looking for engaging, research-informed talks and trainings that are down-to-earth and accessible? I help parents, professionals, and communities better understand mental health, healthy development and the culture we live and grow in.
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Collaborative Consultation
Collaborative support for schools, organizations, and mental health initiatives. If you're working to strengthen well-being, build healthier cultures, and better support the people you serve, I can help.
What You Can Expect When We Work Together
I bring compassion and caring, grounded in more than 25 years of experience and evidence-based practice.
I believe in honest, thoughtful conversations that balance real warmth with gentle challenge and accountability. I am able to hold complexity with great respect and tolerance, and I believe in the right to self-expression. My office is more than a place to feel heard, it is a place to grow.
You're unique, and so is my approach to helping you. There's no generic solution. Together, we'll discover your best way through.
You can count on practical strategies, new ways of responding, and change that lasts — grounded in clinical psychology, steadier relationships, and real confidence in your ability to handle whatever comes.
You don't have to sort through all of this alone — and you don't have to have it figured out before you reach out.
Whether you're looking for therapy, a speaker, or a consultation partner, I'd welcome the chance to hear what brings you here and explore how we might work together.
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