About Me

I had always been interested in healing and attended therapy off and on during my life but it wasn’t until I lost a best friend tragically after becoming a new Mother that I realized I did not have the capacity to face inevitable suffering of life with trust and care. Witnessing how difficult it was “to keep it together” helped me learn about the human experience of emotions and how they are not only offering sensations, but guidance for how to care for ourselves and others.

I began to notice how my relationship to my emotions was oppressive; there was a perception of feeling the “right” or “wrong” way to feel, even be. My awareness showed my resistance to the natural experience of emotions which blocked any type of soothing, meaning, or catharsis. It helped me understand the continuous emptiness I had felt in connection with myself and others.

With support from therapists and facilitators, I learned to trust my emotions by inviting them and allowing them to communicate what was necessary for my healing. I began to dive deep into my unconscious through modalities like somatic, Internal Family Systems, and psychedelic therapies.

This helped me remember the innate healing capacity inside of myself. Connecting to this inner resource gave me deeper awareness and belief in the life I could create for myself and my family. This work has allowed me to access unconscious patterns, build new neural pathways, and truly trust the wisdom of my wounds. It has brought a life of vitality rather than striving and it has changed my relationship to everything; myself, others, the world. I am deeply grateful for the support I have received on my continuous healing journey and am devoted to supporting others remember their own healing capacity and ability to live lives they truly connect to.

EDUCATION

  • Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling, Masters of Arts in Mental Health Counseling

  • Texas State University, Bachelors of Arts in International Studies

TRAINING

  • Spiritual alignment for healers, a decolonizing guide to become a better healing vessel with Manu Del Crete and Aki Hiram - Baker (In progress)

  • Somatic Attachment Therapy Certificate with the Embody Lab

  • MDMA Assisted Therapy, MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies)

  • Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Module 1 and 2 with The Polaris Insight Center

  • Trauma/Crisis Counseling under Dana M Comstock-Benzick, PHD

  • Loss, Death, & Dying under Jessica Thomas, PHD

  • Couples Counseling under Margaret Eichler, PHD

EXPERIENCE

  • Individual and Couples Private Practice (Current)

  • Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy with Rainfall Clinic (Current)

  • Private Practice Associateship under the supervision Meghan O’Connor, LMFT and Lesley Burke, LPC, ATR (Current)

  • Staff Therapist Intern at Transitions Professional Center

  • Graduate Assistant at Lewis and Clark Community Counseling Clinic

  • Program Manager for Communities in Schools, Providing emotional and physical support to marginalized youth and their families