I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Art Therapist, with a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and Art Therapy from Adler University. Since graduate school, my clinical journey has led me to work with clients in community mental health, inpatient treatment, on-call crisis work, and private practice. When I am not working, I like to explore areas of the city, go bike riding, and play around with coffee brewing methods and creative projects.

My therapeutic specialties include trauma and crisis work, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, sexual abuse, life transitions, relationship issues, and substance abuse. Depending on the area of focus, this may include gaining personal insight/awareness, developing coping tools for behaviors, or working through issues related to stage of life. As an art therapist, I am trained to use art as a modality for processing emotions and expressing the struggles of daily life.

What I have learned from my work experience thus far is that everyone has an important story to share, regardless of age, race, identified gender, or profession. To be invited to witness and hear someone’s story is incredibly humbling, which is why I see my therapeutic role to be that of passenger. My style of therapy is relational and collaborative, so I use a more integrative approach that includes humanistic, cognitive behavioral, and psychodynamic theory.