Growing up, I often felt both “too much” and “not enough” at the same time – deeply sensitive, expressive, imaginative, and intensely attuned to the world around me. Like many people who feel “othered,” I found refuge in stories and creative expression. Theatre, especially, became a place where I could both disappear into a role and more fully become myself. That early experience of creativity as survival and transformation continues to shape my work today.

After completing my undergraduate degree at Hamilton College and conservatory training at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, I moved to New York City to pursue professional theatre. While I loved the artistry and community of performance, I became increasingly drawn to the healing and self-exploratory dimensions of creative work. I eventually returned to graduate school at New York University, where I earned my master’s degree in drama therapy.

I spent the next two decades teaching and directing middle and high school theatre, creating emotionally safe, growth-oriented spaces for young people while integrating both artistic and therapeutic practices into my work. During this time, I also became a mother, an experience that deepened both my reverence for the body and my commitment to creating affirming spaces where people can reconnect with themselves with greater compassion and authenticity.

My therapeutic approach is grounded in the belief that healing happens through connection, curiosity, creativity, and meaning-making. Drawing from expressive arts, somatic practices, mindfulness, EMDR, and trauma-responsive care, I work collaboratively with clients to explore experiences that may feel difficult to access through words alone. I may incorporate storytelling, visual journaling, metaphor, movement, archetypal exploration, breathwork, or the Enneagram to help clients access insight, process trauma, and deepen self-trust.

I am also deeply interested in the ways narrative and the creative process can help us approach experiences that feel overwhelming, defended against, or difficult to name directly. Sometimes creating a little distance through metaphor, image, movement, or role allows us to safely approach what once felt impossible to hold. I believe healing often begins not by “fixing” ourselves, but by learning to listen more honestly and compassionately to what our inner world has been trying to communicate.

I have additional training in guided meditation, breathwork, therapeutic yoga, and sound healing. My background in body-based work informs my understanding of the ways trauma and emotional experiences live not only in the mind, but in the nervous system and body.

My style is warm, collaborative, intuitive, and grounded. I believe meaningful therapeutic work emerges not from perfection, but from authenticity and the courage to engage honestly with the complexities of being human. I strive to create a therapeutic relationship that feels safe enough for clients to explore uncertainty, grief, transition, identity, creativity, and growth with both depth and self-compassion.

I specialize in working with women navigating identity shifts, trauma, body image concerns, and relational changes, and I have special skill in midlife transitions. I practice from a body-affirming, LGBTQIA+ affirming, neurodiversity-affirming, and anti-oppressive lens.

I believe some of our greatest opportunities for transformation emerge in the liminal spaces: the tender, uncomfortable places between who we’ve been and who we are becoming. My work honors both the messiness and possibility of those moments, helping you move toward greater integration, resilience, agency, and connection.