Does every day feel like Groundhog Day (the film)—repeating the same patterns, thoughts, or emotional conflicts over and over again? You are not alone. I work with adults and parents who struggle with self-esteem, a sense that something is missing in their lives, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and childhood trauma. Those who have worked with me once carried a deep sense of disconnection—from themselves, from others, or from the very lives they are living.

As Maya Angelou said, “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

The Gap Between Knowing and Doing
Recurring problems are signals that something within us is still trying to integrate potential lessons from unique past experiences.

Knowledge is only powerful when we know how to use it. The challenges we face are not due to a lack of knowledge. I believe the challenges just mean that we have not learned how to apply what we intuitively know. The problems we bring to therapy are often attempted solutions to problems—strategies developed in good faith. The truth is, these attempted solutions often lead to more problems until we figure out how to apply knowledge; we often need outside help for that.

Restoring Connection to Self
My soul believes that each of us has an intuitive sense of how to live in alignment with our truth—but we’ve lost access to that inner knowing because our problems leave us fighting for survival. This disconnection is often learned through past experience and while it temporarily solves problems, over time the distance from our internal compass may perpetuate familiar negative patterns and problems in our lives, and round and round we go... In our work together, whether individually or with parents and their children, we will focus on helping everyone restore connection to their inner knowing.

Healing is an inside job. In our work together, we will get to the root of the problem.

Journey to Self
The most important relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself. In my work with individuals, I start with YOU. In my work with parents, I start with each person as a YOU. When you shine the light on yourself to deeply connect and peel back the layered experiences accumulated throughout your life, you will begin to relate to yourself, your children, and others differently.

I am committed to treating the root cause, not just the symptoms. To do that, you must face yourself within the context of your relationships at home, at school, at work, and everywhere in between.

Becoming Authentic
Authenticity is the highest feeling (frequency) available to any human. To be authentic is to know what we stand for, what we value and don’t value, what we like and dislike. Authenticity requires assertive communication and knowing that the key to failure is to try to please everyone.

To reach that level of authenticity, we must acknowledge our own pain and the maladaptive coping patterns that have become habits, and then we have to have compassion for those parts of ourselves so we can reach acceptance and let go of what doesn’t serve us.

All behavior is communication, and it is a skill to acknowledge what our behaviors are communicating to Self and others. Without self-awareness and self-compassion, we will always struggle to see the suffering that others are communicating to us through their behavior. Over-explaining, defensiveness, blame, justifying ourselves, self deprecation, and so many other maladaptive coping strategies keep us from leaning into ourselves with compassion and understanding, leaving us stuck, and missing the lesson entirely. When we are honest about our role, our experiences, and when we can accept our role problems, not only do our relationships change entirely but a biological change happens within us as well!

The journey always begins and ends with YOU and everything within you.

The journey begins with a single choice.

What to Expect on the Journey
My goal is to help you reconnect with your internal compass or intuitive sense. I begin by increasing self-awareness, using mindfulness, body awareness, and self-inquiry to assist you in feeling and interpreting emotions as meaningful intuitive signals rather than obstacles or threats.

I use an integrative, systemic, and trauma-informed approach, employing psychoeducation from a relational lens, teaching self-inquiry and self-reflection techniques, along with communication and behavioral strategies. I also use an emotion coaching framework, HeartMath Coherence, and nervous system-informed strategies.

My Story
A long journey (to a place called happiness) and many lessons have led me down this path. Grateful and humbled, I received my Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of New Hampshire in 2022. I am a Certified Braincore Neurofeedback Provider, passionate about the healing benefits of neurofeedback as an alternative to medication for treating developmental trauma and certain mental health conditions. I am also a Level III Reiki Master/Teacher and enjoy integrating energy work and intuitive development into my practice. I look forward to meeting you.

Credentials

New Hampshire - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, #722

Maine - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, #MF9057

Florida - Telehealth Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, #TPMF1794

South Carolina - Telehealth Registered Marriage and Family Therapist, #2336