Hello! I am a counselor, a sex therapist certificate candidate, & a professor. I specialize in areas of sexuality, trauma, loss, & identity.

I work with adults, people living with pelvic pain or postpartum changes, and couples or multi-partner relationships who want intimacy that feels safer, more honest, and less pressured. This includes people across the sexuality and relationship spectrum. Clients seek therapy with me when: - intimacy feels painful, avoidant, or emotionally distant - desire differences are creating tension or confusion - navigating identity shifts or relationship transitions - life transitions/traumas

My Background and Approach

As a therapist and professor, I offer a space where clients feel supported & empowered. My approach blends evidence-based & non-traditional care, with a strong background in trauma-informed care. I’m pursuing certification in sex therapy (2 year training program and supervision) to deepen work with relationships, wellness, healing, identity, & connection. In my 6 years experience in mental health, I have attended trainings in many areas, including trauma-informed care and research & techniques in couples therapy. I believe in meeting people where they are at & pulling from different therapy approaches to best accomplish this. This may look like pulling from different techniques of sex therapy, CBT, DBT, Somatic Experiencing, Arts, Movement, & IFS parts work. I also take a collaborative approach to treatment to emphasize the importance of the client's perspective, needs, & choice in treatment. My goal is to empower clients to accept all of themselves & to strengthen identity.

I believe healing is less about repairing something that is broken and more about honoring the parts of a person that learned how to endure. I believe sexuality, identity, and relationships are not problems to be diagnosed. They are deeply personal expressions of self that deserve curiosity, respect, and protection from shame. I affirm queer identities, asexuality, relationship diversity, and the full spectrum of desire and attachment as natural variations of being human, not deviations from a norm. As a single mother, I understand what it means to hold responsibility and vulnerability at the same time, to show up exhausted and still loving, to live inside imperfection while carrying devotion. I believe healing must be compassionate enough to hold real life, not just ideal circumstances. I believe therapy is not a place where people are made into better versions of themselves based on someone else’s standards, it is where people learn to belong to themselves again.