Anxiety is part of being human. It can keep us alert, help us respond to danger, and occasionally remind us to pay attention. But when anxiety becomes a wildfire—spreading into your relationships, work, body, decisions, and everyday life—it can begin to feel like it is running the show. And sometimes what looks like anxiety on the surface is actually part of something deeper, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

I want to help you understand how your brain works and, more importantly, learn how to respond to it differently. It will be hard to find an intrusive thought I haven’t heard before. Bring the thoughts that scare you, embarrass you, or make you wonder, “What kind of person thinks this?” I can handle them.

Using evidence-based approaches, including exposure and response prevention (ERP), we’ll work toward a different relationship with your thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations. You’ll learn that a thought is not a fact, a feeling is not a command, and a sensation does not always require a response. Together, we’ll practice facing what anxiety tells you to avoid, loosening the grip of compulsions and reassurance-seeking, and building a life that isn’t organized around fear.

The goal isn't to never feel anxious again. It’s to stop letting anxiety call the shots: to make your world bigger, trust yourself more, and learn how to boss back your brain.

Our culture has a lot to say about our bodies, and much of it leaves us feeling like we’re falling short. We’re constantly exposed to messages about how we should look, what we should change, and who we’re supposed to be. Over time, those messages can shape the way we see ourselves and the way we treat our own bodies.

My goal is to help you develop a healthier, more authentic relationship with yourself and your body. That doesn’t necessarily mean learning to love every part of yourself. Sometimes, the work is simply learning to make space for the parts you struggle to accept, becoming curious about what they’re trying to tell you, and discovering that they may have more to offer than you once believed.

This work can also include healing from body-based trauma, shame, criticism, and the experiences that have shaped the way you relate to yourself. Together, we can move toward a relationship with your body that feels less rooted in judgment and more grounded in compassion, acceptance, and self-trust.

This is where I really cut my teeth as a therapist. Before private practice, I spent several years working as a Bereavement Coordinator and Grief Counselor for a hospice agency. Having experienced significant loss early in my own life, I felt drawn to this work: to offer a steady, compassionate presence to people who found themselves in a place they never asked for or imagined.

Grief is not a problem to solve or a timeline to follow. Sometimes therapy means untangling the myths and expectations we carry about how grief is “supposed” to look. Sometimes it means learning how to move through the world after a loss, while carrying what—and who—you have lost with you. And sometimes, particularly when a loss was sudden, complicated, or traumatic, grief also means tending to the trauma woven into the experience.

Not all loss is death-related. We can grieve relationships, dreams, identities, health, homes, communities, careers, seasons of life, and the future we thought we were going to have. If something mattered to you and it changed or was taken away, your grief is real. Therapy can help you make sense of what happened, honor what has been lost, and find your footing in what comes next.

The perinatal period encompasses so much more than pregnancy and postpartum. I support individuals and couples through preconception, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and the many emotional and relational transitions that come with becoming a parent. This can be an incredibly vulnerable season of life, bringing new emotions, unexpected challenges, and shifts in how we understand ourselves and the world around us.

I’ve completed specialized continuing education through Postpartum Support International to deepen my understanding of perinatal mental health and better support clients during this season. My approach is compassionate, evidence-based, and responsive to the unique experiences of each person and family.

I have particular expertise in perinatal loss and trauma, as well as perinatal anxiety and OCD. Whether you’re processing a loss, navigating a difficult pregnancy or birth experience, struggling with intrusive thoughts or anxiety, or simply finding this transition harder than you expected, therapy can provide a place to understand what you’re experiencing and find a way forward.

I often think of trauma as what happens when an experience overwhelms our ability to process, make sense of, or recover from what happened. That might mean childhood trauma, complex or prolonged trauma, or a single traumatic event, like a car accident, medical experience, assault, loss, or something else that changed the way you experience yourself and the world around you.

If trauma is what happened, PTSD can be part of what happens afterward. Sometimes the past continues to show up in the present through hypervigilance, avoidance, intrusive memories, emotional or physical reactions, or a nervous system that seems to stay on high alert. We might find ourselves stuck in fight, flight, freeze, or fawn, reacting to present-day situations as though the original danger is happening all over again.

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to trauma therapy. I draw from several evidence-based and trauma-informed approaches, including EMDR, IFS, and somatic therapies, tailoring treatment to your needs and your readiness. These approaches can help us work not only with the story of what happened, but also with the ways trauma has shaped your body, nervous system, emotions, beliefs, and relationships.

Sometimes trauma leaves us with what I think of as invisible broken bones, or old wounds that aren't visible from the outside but still affect how we move through the world. Therapy gives us the opportunity to find those places, understand what they need, and bring the right tools to the healing process. We don't have to erase what happened. We can work toward helping you feel safer, more grounded, and more fully yourself in the life you're living now.