I’m an active, curious therapist who pays attention to patterns: the words you return to, the moments you pull away, and the ways you’ve learned to keep yourself safe. I bring warmth, directness, and a belief that understanding ourselves can make room for more intentional choices.
Compassion, curiosity, and accountability guide how I work. My approach is trauma-informed: we consider the history and context of your responses, attend to choice and pacing, and work toward change without using shame as motivation.
I ask questions, offer observations, and use everyday examples, storytelling, and sometimes a slightly ridiculous analogy to make complicated things easier to understand. There is room to laugh while taking your experience seriously.
A human relationship with purpose
The quality of our working relationship matters. I want you to feel that there is a real, attentive person with you; someone who can listen closely, stay curious, and speak honestly when another perspective might help.
At times, I may share a brief, relevant example from my own life alongside psychoeducation. I use those moments thoughtfully, when they can make an idea more accessible, offer context, or help you feel less alone. The purpose stays connected to your goals, with clear professional boundaries and room for your experience to differ from mine.
Trust makes room for more than agreement. It can help us talk about what feels difficult, notice when something misses the mark, and consider a challenge without losing our connection. You can tell me when an example does not fit, when you need a different pace, or when you see something differently.
The experiences I bring
My understanding of systems is both personal and professional. I’m a former foster youth, the child of parents affected by incarceration, and a former prison therapist. These experiences shape the questions I ask and the care I bring. They also remind me to make room for a story that may be very different from my own.
I’m white-presenting and neurodivergent, and a parent in a multiracial family raising children with neurodivergent needs. Family life keeps me close to the everyday practice of communication, flexibility, and repair. These parts of my life inform my perspective; your experience remains yours to define.
I have approximately eight years of experience working with men on emotional regulation, empathy, and integrated behavior change. My work spans individual and group treatment, program leadership, curriculum development, staff development, and facilitation. I co-created and led Crossroads, a 65-week trauma rehabilitation therapeutic-community program for incarcerated men.
Understanding the pattern. Practicing the choice.
If you’ve ever thought, ‘I know why I do this so why am I still doing it?’, that is a meaningful place to begin. We’ll look at what a response has protected, what it costs now, and what a different choice might ask of you. I’ll help you turn insight into practice, with room to try, reflect, and repair.