“I love what I do; this is soul work. It carries deep meaning for me that our partnership can lead to your transformation.”

My Journey

I became a therapist because I know what it’s like to carry something heavy and keep moving anyway.
After September 11th, I spent over a decade working in conflict-impacted countries across the Middle East — in partnership with local leaders, international military, and government officials — doing the kind of work that teaches you very quickly what human beings are capable of surviving, and what they need to heal.
When I came home, I went back to school for clinical mental health counseling. I worked in community mental health with adults and teenagers navigating trauma, substance use, depression, and anxiety. I saw the same thing again and again: regardless of what someone had been through, they held within them the strength and wisdom to heal. My job was to help them find it.
That belief is still at the center of everything I do.

What I bring to this work
My approach is holistic and trauma-informed — meaning I work with your whole self, not just your symptoms. I draw on somatic therapy, mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and mind-body tools that help your nervous system actually feel safe, not just understand that it should.
I have also furthered this work through training in psychedelic integration — supporting clients who are working with ketamine, plant medicine, or other non-ordinary states of consciousness to deepen and integrate their experiences into lasting change.
And I have completed the initiation rites to become a Q’ero-lineage trained shamanic practitioner through the Peruvian healing tradition — a path that has profoundly shaped how I understand transformation, the body, and the wisdom available to us when we slow down enough to listen.

Who I work with
I specialize in working with high-achieving women — the ones who handle everything, show up for everyone, and are quietly running on empty. Women navigating anxiety, burnout, major life transitions, and the identity shifts that come with perimenopause and midlife.
These women are not fragile. They are strong in ways that have cost them something. My work creates the space to put the weight down — and figure out who they are when they’re not just surviving.

Credentials & Licenses
• Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Florida — since 2021
• Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC), Vermont — since 2015
• Licensed Drug and Alcohol Counselor (LADC), Vermont — 2015-2024
• MS, Clinical Mental Health Counseling — University of Vermont, 2013
• MA, International Peace and Conflict Resolution — American University, 1999
• Trained psychedelic integration practitioner
• Q’ero lineage shamanic practitioner
• Extensive training in trauma-informed care, CBT, DBT, somatic therapy, harm reduction, and ketamine-assisted therapy

My values
I am a committed advocate for human rights — locally and globally. I actively engage in anti-racism work, LGBTQ+ allyship, and support for military members past and present. I examine my own biases and privilege as an ongoing practice, and I welcome honest conversations about how my identities show up in the therapeutic space.
Because I believe access to healing should not be a privilege, I continue to work with underserved clients and donate 10% of all psychedelic coaching income to organizations providing mental health resources to Veterans, BIPOC, and LGBTQ communities.

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