My Approach

My work is grounded in the belief that our psychological suffering often comes from the ways we’ve had to adapt in order to be loved or survive. These adaptations, while protective, can disconnect us from who we truly are. I integrate Experiential Interventions with Internal Family Systems (IFS), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and Gabor Maté’s trauma-informed Compassionate Inquiry to help you explore those patterns with gentleness and clarity.

Therapy with me is not about fixing what is broken. It is about creating enough internal and relational safety to turn toward what has been exiled. I will meet you exactly where you are, without urgency or agenda, and walk alongside you at a pace that honors your nervous system, your story, and your hope for something more. Healing happens not by force, but by reconnecting with the parts of you that already carry the wisdom to move toward wholeness.

Before entering the mental health field, I co-founded the Nashville nonprofit Corner to Corner, where I partnered with adults and organizations to address both individual and systemic inequities. As the adoptive mother of a child with a disability, I bring lived experience and a profound respect for how the systems we inhabit shape both our inner world and our relationships. My work honors the systems we come from and the protective parts we have relied on to survive.