I graduated with a BA in cultural anthropology from UMass Amherst in 2001, and conducted fieldwork in a Hungarian village in Romania. Soon after graduating, I moved to Santa Fe, NM, where I worked as a case manager with clients struggling with severe mental health challenges. I realized how much I loved to be a part of others' healing processes, so in 2004 I earned a MA in social work from New Mexico Highlands University. In 2006, I decided to join the Peace Corps and served in a township in South Africa, where I worked at a center for children orphaned by AIDS. This experience profoundly changed my life in both challenging and wonderful ways.
From 2008 till the present, I have followed my calling working with teens and adults in both community mental health settings and now in my private practice, which I opened in 2016. I love supporting people in creative ways, using awesome and effective modalities like EMDR, Sandtray Therapy, guided meditations, Virtual Reality Therapy, Hypnotherapy, KAP and Past Life Soul Regression. I specialize in trauma therapy, which can be useful for clearing and healing the charge of many negative experiences and memories that seem like they've been stuck forever. One of my favorite things as a therapist is to witness a client processing those painful memories and watching their level of distress go, way way down while confidence and positive self-beliefs rise; it is a moving experience for both of us!
When not in my office, my hobbies include traveling, hiking, writing, reading fiction, attending trainings, meditating, dancing, yoga, sewing, photographing, silversmithing, walking my dog, Simon, and spending time with my partner.
History of trainings from which I've received certificates:
Sandplay Therapy: Colorado School for Family Therapy, 2013
EMDR: Barbara Maiberger Institute, 2017
Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy: Wellness Institute, 2018
Past Life Soul Regression and Between Lives Soul Regression: Linda Backman, 2019
Sound Healing: Molly Adkins, Sound Healing Institute, 2021
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy: Fluence 2022, Skylight Psychedelics 2024