I believe therapy should feel like a real conversation, not like you're being analyzed from across the room. I'll listen carefully and give you space when you need it, but I'll also ask questions, point out patterns, and challenge you when I think it may help.

My approach is personalized rather than one-size-fits-all. Depending on what brings you to therapy, our work may involve understanding how past experiences continue to influence you, changing patterns of thinking or responding that keep you stuck, building practical skills, or processing experiences that haven't fully resolved.

I draw from approaches including CBT, ACT, attachment-based therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and EMDR, but I don't believe therapy should revolve around a particular technique. The approach should fit you—not the other way around.

My goal is to create a space where you can be honest, feel understood, and also do the work necessary to create meaningful change in your life and relationships.

I work with adults who may appear to be managing well on the outside but find themselves struggling internally or repeating patterns they want to change. I also work with couples who want to better understand what is happening in their relationship and find a different way of relating to one another.

People often come to me for help with:

• Anxiety and depression — Feeling overwhelmed, constantly worried, emotionally drained, disconnected, or unable to quiet your mind.
• Relationship difficulties — Struggling with communication, boundaries, trust, emotional connection, or recurring relationship patterns.
• Trauma and past experiences — Understanding and working through experiences that continue to affect how you feel, respond, or relate to others.
• Personality patterns — Working with long-standing patterns involving emotions, relationships, self-image, trust, or reactions that can feel difficult to change.
• Men's issues — Navigating stress, relationships, anger or irritability, emotional disconnection, expectations, and the pressure to handle everything on your own.
• Major life changes — Adjusting when relationships, roles, priorities, or circumstances shift and you're trying to figure out what comes next.

You don't need to fit neatly into one of these categories. Often, the things bringing someone to therapy overlap. We'll start with what's happening in your life and determine together where it makes sense to focus.

I've been a therapist for more than 13 years and founded Compassionate Pathways Counseling in 2017. Over the years, my work has evolved, but what has stayed consistent is how much I value genuine connection, curiosity, and helping people understand themselves in ways that actually make a difference in their everyday lives.

Outside of the therapy room, I'm a wife, mom of four, mother-in-law, and soon-to-be a grandmother. I appreciate humor, authenticity, and people who don't take themselves too seriously. I'm also a fan of travel, good stories, and finding something interesting to explore whenever I get the chance.

I don't expect clients to leave the complicated parts of themselves at the door, and I don't believe therapists need to be blank slates either. I bring my personality into the room while keeping the focus where it belongs—on you and the work we're doing together.