​I hold a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Western Kentucky University. I completed my practicum and internship in a behavioral health hospital and continued working there after graduation, supporting individuals in crisis. That experience shaped my understanding of stabilization, trauma care, and the importance of pacing therapy according to the nervous system.​

 

I was inspired to enter the field of therapy through my own experience as a client. Before I started therapy, I felt very isolated in the aftermath of trauma. Sitting with my therapist helped me feel seen and supported in a way I hadn’t experienced before. My hope is to offer that same sense of support to you and to help you build internal and external resources you can rely on outside of sessions as well. You don’t have to do this alone.​

 

I became passionate about body-based practices and the mind-body connection when I started experiencing chronic illness. My search for healing introduced me to breathwork, somatics, yoga, meditation, and dance. I became especially interested in how the body holds stress and how movement can restore a sense of aliveness and connection.​

 

This path eventually led me to facilitate a guided somatic silent disco in nature—an experience that brought together movement, nervous system regulation, community, and play as pathways into healing. Through this work, I was reminded that while healing practices can be powerful, restoration is not always found in doing more. Sometimes it emerges through dancing on the beach, laughing with others, feeling the sun on your skin, or reconnecting with a sense of wonder.

 

My goal is to help clients cultivate enough safety within themselves to access joy, curiosity, play, and creativity. To me, healing is not only about reducing suffering—it is also about reclaiming aliveness after years of survival mode.​ My hope is that clients develop a more trusting relationship with their internal experience—feeling more connected, more resourced, and more able to return to themselves when they feel off center. I would be honored to support you in that process.