downtown st. George & online across utah
therapy for family trauma & stress
Find your WISDOM, TRANSFORM your world
You start the day thinking “I can’t keep doing this.”
There never seems to be enough time.
Between trying to make things happen, feeling misunderstood, and the emotional ride of everyday life, it’s no mystery to you that you could use support. You just need it to actually make everyday life easier, not something else to keep up with.
As a new parent, it could be the feeling in the pit of your stomach when thoughts about your baby cross your mind. You want to make sure to open up to someone that isn’t going to make things worse.
Maybe you catch glimpses of yourself showing up way more like your own parents than you even intended. Everyone has something to say about our choices as parents. It would be nice to have less stress and more control.
I can be heart-breaking to watch our kids grow up and experience hardships. It’s hard to even get in. Finding support that they are actually open to seems unheard of.
Maybe you are that teen, and you just feel so much pressure to figure out who you are as you try to find your way through all the noise in the world today.
You’re here because “I’m fine” doesn’t mean you’re actually okay.
You’ve never felt so lost
You wonder what if it happens again?
it’s hard to even know who you are anymore
I see you.
How I work
skip the story and start where the body is
Not every feeling comes with an explanation. Sometimes your body knows something is hard to process or work through before your mind can make sense of it.
You don’t have to explain and describe everything before it can get the attention it deserves to heal.
Healing isn’t about having all the answers. Sometimes it’s simply about giving yourself permission to slow down long enough to discover them.
I work with people who:
feel emotions deeply and don’t know where to start to express it
have their guard up for good reason
feel like a sailboat drifting through life without a centerboard
see themselves more as disasters than the miracles they are
when asked where they feel something in their body, they often think “what body?”
I work with new moms, parents, and teens who need more self-love than self-discipline.
in therapy with me…
We’ll dig deep.
Beyond a Master’s degree in psychotherapy, I have nearly two decades of on-the-ground experience in the mental health field supporting young people and their unique family constellations.
I’ll cheer you on.
Taking care of a family and home can be hard on your sanity. Being the breadwinner can be hard on your heart. Trying to work from home in 17-minute increments or working multiple jobs to make ends meet can leave you feeling like you’re failing at everything.
growing a family is hard.
Being a kid is hard. Being a human in today’s world is hard.
You dread starting with a new therapist and what it entails to catch them up to speed because your situation is complex. Let’s skip that. Feeling is more important than explaining here. I’m already with you.
it’s time to get out of your head and heal in your heart.
What teens say about me:
I’m creative, and I bring a warmth that makes it all approachable.
I hear what’s not being said.
Therapy feels different when there is no need for justification or defenses.
They can easily connect; I’m “ageless.”
That, for the first time, they understand how to utilize therapy and had a good experience with it.
I see them for who they truly are.
what parents say about me:
It’s freeing not to need to “have it all together” and, rather, focus on being a “whole” self.
It is powerful to have an unbiased witness to their story, which creates context to process the past for themselves.
I’m intuitive, thoughtful, and carefully consider implications.
I know when to get out of the way so that they can do the work they need for themselves.
I’m a teenager-whisperer (when working with their child).
My background
I’ve worked in the mental health field helping families since 2009.
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I’m trained in a variety of therapy methods, allowing me to tailor my approach to your unique goals and needs. These include:
Humanistic & Psychodynamic approaches
Psychodramas & Expressive arts
Attachment-based & trauma competent
Brainspotting & somatic work
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Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor – Ut #10671014-6004
Master of Arts in Counseling, Saybrook University, San Francisco, California (CACREP accredited)
Bachelors of Arts in English, Roanoke College, Virginia
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Certified Brainspotting Practitioner
Advanced training in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders through Postpartum Support International
Nationally Certified Counselor (National Board of Certified Counselors)
All are welcome.
LGBTQIAPP+ and blended family affirming.
When parents thrive, kids thrive—and we are all children.
We are a generation that is moving the needle of parenting from a place of fear to a place of love. Kids who in turn become parents who want to work through their pain instead of it traveling through generations in families. This healing heals our children’s children. You’ve stumbled upon your calling to prioritize investing in yourself.
Click the button below for a free, no obligation consultation and I’ll answer any questions.