Therapy and supervision rooted in warmth, curiosity, and authentic connection
Trauma-informed, relational-cultural care that honors your lived experience.
Space to show up fully, heal at your pace, and grow without pressure.
Supportive supervision that values your voice, protects your purpose, and centers ethical growth
My approach is grounded in relationships. Whether walking alongside a client or a supervisee, I see healing and growth as co-created. I work from a relational-cultural and trauma-informed lens, prioritizing safety, context, and connection, not just clinical goals. I bring authenticity, curiosity, and care into every space we share. You’re never just a checklist to me.
I show up with warmth, respect, and a deep belief in your capacity to grow, even when things feel stuck or messy. I hold space for complexity and welcome all parts of your story. We’ll work collaboratively, honoring your autonomy and unique cultural and personal experiences. You can expect an affirming, nonjudgmental, and gently challenging space.
This work feels sacred. I’ve seen what connection can do, how being seen, heard, and understood can shift everything. I’m drawn to the quiet power of relationship, especially in supervision, where holding space for someone else’s growth feels like tending a fire. I believe in the transformative impact of showing up with integrity, presence, and care.
Support for grief, trauma, OCD, identity development, and anxiety
Emphasis on healing through connection, not quick fixes
Care that centers your lived experience and pace
Collaborative, developmentally attuned supervision for emerging counselors
Emphasis on ethical grounding, cultural responsiveness, and relational repair
Intentional support for supervisees navigating client trauma, boundaries, and identity work
I specialize in walking alongside people as they navigate trauma recovery, identity development, and life transitions. I also bring lived and professional experience to supporting clients and supervisees working through grief, OCD, and anxiety. My focus is always relational, honoring each person’s pace, culture, and wisdom. In supervision, I help counselors deepen their voice, strengthen ethical confidence, and navigate complex client realities with care.
Because my focus areas are often emotionally complex, grief, trauma, OCD, and identity work, my approach is built around safety, authenticity, and pacing. I center collaboration and empowerment. Rather than rushing or fixing, I help create space for meaning-making, resilience, and relational healing. Whether we’re processing a traumatic event, confronting an anxious spiral, or exploring professional growth, I aim to move at your pace and honor the whole story.
I’ve lived firsthand the ways trauma, grief, and systemic pressures can shape a person’s life, and I know the healing impact of being met with compassion instead of judgment. Over time, I was drawn to working with people facing similar challenges. Every person deserves a space where they can be messy, human, and still wholly worthy of care and growth.
Support rooted in connection, not correction
Honoring cultural, systemic, and personal context
Creating space for layered experiences of grief, trauma, and belonging
ERP-informed, relationally attuned treatment
Emphasis on self-compassion, values work, and resilience
Respectful pacing that centers consent and autonomy
Relational-cultural supervision that fosters ethical confidence and authenticity
Developmentally sensitive support through complex client realities
Space to explore grief, identity, and systemic challenges as part of professional identity
My style is warm, collaborative, and deeply relational. I’m not here to “fix” anyone. I’m here to understand, hold space, and walk alongside. I’m direct when it’s helpful, gentle when needed, and always working to co-create a space where you feel safe being fully human.
I don’t see stuck points as failures. They’re usually invitations to slow down and get curious. Together, we’ll explore what feels blocked, what’s being protected, or what systems might influence what’s coming up. I hold challenges with softness and believe they often contain something meaningful.
That they’re allowed to take up space. That they are more than what’s happened to them. That healing doesn’t require perfection, just honesty, connection, and time. Whether you’re a client or a supervisee, I hope you leave our work together feeling more whole and more you.
Mutual respect, cultural humility, and a sense of real connection. The relationship is the work, not just the backdrop. I value when we can be honest, even about the hard stuff, and when there’s room for feedback, reflection, and shared growth.
It’s not about getting it right; therapy and supervision are about staying engaged and not being perfect. They’re about holding space for complexity, building trust, and making room to be human. So much healing comes not from insight alone but from feeling truly met.
I’m proud of the safety I built with people. The kind of safety that lets folks tell the truth, not just the polished version. Clients and supervisees say they can finally be real with someone, which matters deeply to me.
My work is shaped by grief, love, identity, and community. I’ve lost people, held stories that changed me, and spent years learning to show up without losing myself. These experiences, alongside my academic training, help me connect from a place that feels real.
I listen. I don’t assume. I acknowledge systems of harm and work to unlearn my biases daily. Cultural responsiveness means honoring identity in every room I enter, not as an add-on but as something foundational to healing and supervision.
Folks who want to think deeply, be gently challenged, and grow in meaningful ways. People who may have felt unseen or overwhelmed in other spaces. I work exceptionally well with clients and supervisees who value connection, reflection, and a bit of softness alongside structure.
Relationships. The small moments of genuine connection, a deep breath, a shared laugh, a quiet truth spoken out loud. I’m grounded by the people I work with and the stories they trust me to hold. Outside the therapy room, I find steadiness in nature and music and stay connected to my values. This work matters to me because people matter to me.
I’m a white, neurodivergent, cisgender, Jewish woman raised in a military family, shaped by both structure and sudden loss. I’ve lived through layered grief and understand what it means to hold things quietly for a long time. These parts of me make me especially attuned to power dynamics, silence, and still-unfolding stories. I show up with humility, care, and a deep respect for people’s lived experiences.
Much of my approach is rooted in knowing what it feels like to be overwhelmed, unseen, or carrying too much alone. I’ve moved through loss, caregiving, chronic illness, and identity formation in ways that have sharpened my ability to hold space without rushing. These experiences don’t define my work, but help me show up with steadiness and presence when things feel heavy.
I’m not interested in perfection. I’m interested in connection. I care deeply, hold space with intention, and am not afraid to sit with the hard stuff. I also believe in laughing when needed, pausing when it matters, and constantly checking in. You don’t have to impress me. You just have to be you.
I come to this work as someone who has navigated complex roles: sister, caregiver, counselor, instructor, student, supervisor, griever. I grew up on Air Force bases and now live in a home filled with three generations of stories. Loss has shaped me, but it has clarified what matters most: presence, purpose, and the power of being seen. Theory, ethics, training, memory, intuition, and a deep belief in relational healing inform my work. I carry both lightness and gravity in the room, and I strive to make space for the full range of human experience, yours and mine.
I feel called to work with people who have carried heavy stories in spaces that did not always honor them. I work especially well with those navigating grief, identity shifts, trauma recovery, OCD, anxiety, and systemic pressures. I am honored to walk alongside people from diverse cultural backgrounds, neurodivergent experiences, LGBTQIA+ identities, and anyone holding invisible layers of their story.
I approach cultural responsiveness as an ongoing practice of listening, honoring, and unlearning. Community care means recognizing that individual healing does not happen in a vacuum. It is woven into broader systems and histories. I work to hold these realities without minimizing individual experiences, and I strive to create spaces where people feel seen in the full context of who they are.
You do not have to educate me about why your experiences matter. I believe you. I respect your complexity and know that healing can feel different when safety has not always been guaranteed. I hold space for your voice, your boundaries, and your pace.
I believe that therapy and supervision are not neutral spaces. Every room we enter holds histories, identities, and systems that shape how safe and seen we feel. My practice is built around honoring these realities without asking you to leave parts of yourself at the door. Whether you are navigating the intersections of culture, grief, identity, trauma, or professional growth, I am committed to showing up with humility, openness, and care. You are the expert of your story. I am here to walk alongside you, not to lead you away from it.
Quiet mornings, good coffee, wandering through secondhand bookstores, and sinking into a story. I love anything that makes time feel slower. I find joy in connecting deeply with the people I love and giving myself permission to rest.
I care for myself by creating small rituals that make my days feel meaningful, opening a window, lighting a candle, and stepping away from my screen to breathe. I spend time in nature when I can and let myself be moved by music and poetry. I also try to practice what I ask of my clients: self-compassion, boundaries, and slowness when the world wants fast answers
I’m someone who feels things deeply and notices the small details. I laugh often, love fiercely, and take joy in the ordinary. I don’t always have the answers, but I try to show up with presence and care in every part of my life. I’m also still figuring things out, and I think there’s something beautiful about that.
Outside of my clinical and academic life, I often recharge quietly. I’m drawn to cozy spaces, old libraries, and peaceful places to reflect and breathe. I love vintage things, long conversations, and being fully present with someone. These parts of me support how I practice slow, attuned, and grounded in relationship. I believe that who we are outside of work shapes our appearance.
My education has given me more than credentials. It’s taught me how to think deeply, stay curious, and hold space for research and lived experience. Through CACREP-accredited programs and research training, I’ve learned to integrate evidence-based practices with relational, trauma-informed care. I’ve also come to value the importance of reflection, community, and supervision in becoming a truly present practitioner.
Some of the most meaningful training I’ve received came through real relationships, mentorship, supervision, and fieldwork where I was trusted to grow without being rushed. I’ve also deeply valued trainings in Exposure and Response Prevention, grief counseling, and relational-cultural theory. These experiences have shaped how I show up with clients and supervisees: steady, attuned, and committed to collaborative growth.
Learning is lifelong, and every season of my work has deepened how I understand care, connection, and ethics. I hold a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Xavier University and am completing my PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision at Adams State University. I’ve pursued specialized training in OCD and related disorders, grief and loss, supervision, and trauma-informed care. As a professor and clinical supervisor, I stay engaged with emerging research and ethical practice. My work is shaped not just by degrees and certifications, but by the values I carry into every interaction: humility, curiosity, and presence.
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Licenses
Certifications
I’m currently focused on exploring how grief, trauma, and systemic stressors impact supervisors and emerging counselors. I’m also invested in the intersections of neurodiversity, ethical practice, and relational-cultural supervision. Lately, I’ve considered bringing more spaciousness and attunement into supervision and clinical education. My primary focus is Thanatology, and I am receiving a certification.
Outside of sessions, I teach and supervise master-level counselors, contribute to research on grief, neurodivergence, and counselor development, and present at national conferences. I’m currently writing my dissertation on clinical supervisors’ experiences following a supervisee’s client suicide, work that combines my personal story and professional passion for grief-informed care.
I’m dreaming about supervision spaces that are truly ethical, relational, and reflective, where experience and identity are acknowledged and centered. I want to continue creating courses, writing, and mentoring from a place of deep care. I believe we need slower, more human spaces in counselor education, and I want to be part of that shift.
I approach professional projects with the same care and presence I bring to the therapy room. I’m drawn to topics that live in the gray grief, identity, suicide, ethical tension, trauma in systems, and I do my best work when I can hold those complexities with curiosity instead of urgency. My research, teaching, and supervision all flow from a desire to make space for what often goes unspoken. I’m not interested in just doing more, I’m interested in doing it more meaningfully.
I really enjoy collaborating on supervision models, grief-informed practices, and anything that blends ethics with lived experience. I love being invited into reflective spaces where people want to build something more sustainable and relational in their work, especially in supervision or training.
Collaboration I’m interested in:
My clinical approach is rooted in relationship, curiosity, and honoring the full context of a person’s story. I draw from relational-cultural theory, trauma-informed care, and humanistic traditions, always aiming to create a space where people feel seen without being rushed or judged. Real healing happens when we feel safe enough to be fully ourselves.
There is no one-size-fits-all session. Some days, we slow down and sit with emotions that have never been given space. Other days, we work through practical skills or explore patterns with gentle reflection. I follow your pace and needs, weaving in structure when it feels supportive and creating room for meaning-making when it feels essential.
I offer a grounded framework, but always leave space for what needs to arise. Some clients thrive with clear goals and tangible steps, while others must linger in questions or grief that timelines cannot solve. Structure and spaciousness are forms of care, and part of our work is finding the balance that fits you best.
I believe that good clinical work meets people where they are, not where a manual says they should be. I work from a relational-cultural and trauma-informed lens, integrating practices like Existential Theory, Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and strengths-based approaches when helpful. I listen closely for the themes beneath the words and pay attention to what safety, growth, and agency look like for each client. Therapy with me is less about pushing and more about unfolding, at the pace that honors your story.
I provide clinical supervision for prelicensed counselors, consultation for professionals navigating complex cases or ethical concerns, and training for programs looking to integrate relational, trauma-informed, and grief-aware approaches. I also support graduate students and early career professionals with professional identity development.
My services are a good fit for counselors, trainees, and supervisors who value depth, reflection, and realness. I work well with folks who are figuring out their own voice in the field, especially those who want space to explore identity, grief, burnout, or systemic pressure without judgment.
My supervision style is collaborative, relational, and values-driven. I aim to create a space where supervisees can think out loud, reflect on their identity, and process complex moments without fear of being judged or dismissed. I provide structure and guidance, but never at the expense of voice, autonomy, or honesty.
I work well with folks who want to explore more than just the surface. Supervisees who are reflective, open to feedback, and interested in unpacking the “why” behind their clinical instincts tend to thrive with me. I also enjoy supporting those navigating grief, trauma work, identity development, and burnout.
Supervision is one of the few places where we slow down and ask, “How am I doing in this work?” It’s meaningful to me because it’s not just about clinical skill, it’s about identity, ethics, and staying connected to why we started. I see it as a space for reflection, repair, and growth that benefits the counselor and clients.
As a supervisor, I bring steadiness, care, and a genuine interest in your growth. I don’t expect perfection. I’m here to ask questions, sit with uncertainty, and support you in becoming the kind of clinician that aligns with your values. I believe that supervision is about more than gatekeeping or checking boxes — it’s about shaping thoughtful, ethical, relationally attuned professionals. I take that responsibility seriously and hold it with respect.
I design and facilitate trainings on trauma-informed supervision, grief and loss in clinical work, weight-inclusive care, and burnout prevention for counselors and educators. My style is thoughtful, interactive, and grounded in real-world experience.
I bring a calm presence, quiet curiosity, and a lot of heart into the room. I’m not performative or overly polished. I value depth and a steady pace. I use a lot of Gen Z-type language and slang. I try to hold space in a way that’s grounded but human. We’ll probably work well together if you’re looking for someone honest, thoughtful, and okay with not having all the answers.
We’ll work well together if you appreciate depth, reflection, and intentional care. I bring a calm, grounded energy and a strong inner world shaped by lived experience and lifelong learning. I care deeply, listen closely, and believe in the power of slow, meaningful growth.
