Experience:

My clinical experience has ranged across various settings, including community counseling centers, a behavioral health hospital, and university counseling centers. I have worked with individuals with diverse presenting concerns, from various backgrounds, identities, ages, and cultures. Though I more recently work with adults, I have been trained in play therapy and my dissertation research was with adolescents. Specifically, my research focused on the unique experiences of third culture kids.  

I am particularly passionate about helping individuals understand how their past experiences has impacted their sense of self, namely their identity development and relationships with others. Unaddressed experiences and emotional pain often manifest in anxiety and depressive symptoms, unwanted behaviors, and unhealthy ways of relating to other. I understand as symptoms pointing to greater meaning that would benefit from exploring and processing. Another passion I have is supporting individuals as they process, grieve, and heal from challenging and traumatic events, such as abuse, death, accidents, transitions, and loss.