For everyone who wants to be able to knock out a problem without mining their trauma or who wants to have a different perspective and pair of eyes on a persistent problem. These aren't a substitute for Long Term Therapy but can be a great compliment to it.

Note: These are not crisis appointments. They are meant to be intentional and collaborative support sessions. Please have an idea of what your problem or question is.

Limit: 4 sessions per 12-month period.

My area of interest and expertise is energy flow: where and how we are spending our energy and how frequently we are in choice about those decisions. Healing ultimately is not about what we do or don’t do, it’s about the proportion of choice in our lives. Survival patterns high-jack our thinking brain and take instinct-driven action - whether it correctly matches the situation or not. 

Many of us are completely exhausted and burnt-out because short-term survival energy got stuck in the “on” position long term. Energy that was always meant for creativity, joy and healthy protection got rerouted to simply surviving. There comes a time in our lives where the tension between our automatic survival instincts and the people we know we really are underneath them reaches a boiling point.  

That’s where I come in. I have an incredible natural attunement to energy but also a career that has been dedicated to studying relational dynamics and the ways in which rearranging or removing different pieces can change the energy flow of a system. My years as a Family Therapist were the most impactful on my understanding of this Tetris-like approach to moving energy around to clear a path to better flow and harmony. 

I have a special area of interest in the densest and heaviest energies - shame, embarrassment and pity - and the ways in which we all over or under-compensate in the face of them. You won’t be surprised to hear that these are the energies that clog our energy systems and flow! My whole life I’ve felt unwanted because I love to talk about what most people hate to talk about - FAILURE! I want to talk about Systemic Failure, Environmental Failure and Individual Failure! I’m sure you can imagine that in our shame-riddled society, wanting to talk about failure hasn’t made me the most popular! But if there’s one thing I hate, it’s energy inefficiency. I don’t want to expend energy solving the wrong problem just to save some hurt feelings. That’s why we’ve got to put it all out on the table, warts and all, no matter how difficult it is to hear. Because I want to help you solve the right problems. 

As an energy efficiency expert, I ask that folks who work with me are ready to get to the bottom of things and make the changes that are required of them to change the circumstances that they are telling me that they want changed. Not everyone actually wants to change their circumstances because  it involves a lot of loss. Loss of relationships, loss of jobs, loss of identities we’re attached to, loss of what we believed to be true. We have to let go of the old to make room for the new. And that’s ok. But I need honesty and congruence. Because the people who want to just be listened to and validated aren’t a fit for my approach. The people who are ready to get on their way and are just waiting on a roadmap are. 

I’ve been a social worker since 2010. I’ve worked with so many different populations with different needs and even across borders! My toolbox is eclectic. I use parts work, somatic exercises, DBT and other treasures I’ve picked up along the way! I care deeply about self-in context and nothing pumps me up more than talking about energy. If you’re ready to turn your world right-side up, this could be a great collaboration!

I love to travel, dance, watch documentaries and bask in the light of some of the most amazing friends and community that I have worked very hard to cultivate. I love make-up and fashion and would love to be able to do pull-ups someday!