Hi and welcome!

The most telling factor of whether your experience in therapy will be helpful to you is the sense of safety, trust, and connection that you feel in our relationship. Only you can be the judge of this. My hope is this little blurb will help you get a sense of me as a person and as a therapist.

I started my career path wanting to be an artist. As I faced my creative process, dappled in various positions, and searched for a sense of purpose, I struggled with recurring difficulties in my sense of self, my behavior, and my relationships that left me feeling stuck and miserable. Over time, it became clear that I needed to probe deeper, which is when I first discovered therapy as a client.

I experienced many different forms of therapy and ultimately learned that seemingly unresolvable patterns and emotional pain absolutely can and will change, but only when we are willing to be with them with an attitude of openness, curiosity, and compassionate understanding. I learned that you can’t force or fake this process - it needs to go at it’s own pace.

It is clear to me that we already have everything we need to heal ourselves - to become the person we were always meant to be. But, we need to be brave, persistent, and patient. To be sustainable, healing must involve attention and intervention on the levels of mind, body, relationship, and soul. We heal in cycles and can’t rush the process. We need loving support in order to get there, which isn’t a weakness, it’s a strength.

A year following my first intensive therapy process, I decided to pursue therapy as my profession and attended graduate school as well as an Internal Family Systems (IFS) training. I interned at a local private practice and have worked in private practice ever since, providing therapy to a diverse group of adults and couples who want to transform the tension and stress in their lives.

Five years into my practice, I felt that something was lacking. I noticed that the times my clients would bring a significant other into their therapy process, the energy and engagement would pick up. I also experienced couples counseling in my personal life, and learned just how natural it is to go through periods of a loss of secure connection, to get caught in a negative cycle, and how distressing this can be on both partners. I learned, once again, that rebuilding connection is possible when we welcome the opportunity to understand our painful cycles and patterns and deepen our engagement with them. There is so much hope for healing and change.

In 2019, I attended a training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and have been focused on seeking supervision and training in this model ever since.

The poet Rumi has said: “don’t turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you.” This is true of us as individuals and of our relationships. When we are willing to feel and bear witness to the very thing we typically run away from, that is the beginning of healing and transformation.

More importantly than my role as a therapist, I consider myself to be an imperfect human who is walking alongside you on this journey. I am someone who has navigated intense periods of conflict in my life and has learned much in the process, but I am also someone who considers myself to be an eternal student of the unfolding mystery of my life and of the lives of those who cross my path. The more we know, the more we recognize we don’t know.

I am a proud mother to a baby girl, as well as a wife and partner to my husband of 5 years, and person who is very grateful to be a part of a large family with Rhode Island roots.

Professional Qualifications

  • 7 years of private practice in which I have continued to seek supervision and training. I currently receive supervision from Alison Todd for Emotionally Focused Couples Counseling

  • Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the state of Rhode Island

  • Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Missouri

  • Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC)

  • Emotionally Focused Therapy Externship - trained by Jim Thomas (2019)

  • Core Skills in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Lorrie Brubacher (2022)

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS) level-1certified - trained through The Center for Self Leadership, with senior trainer Paul Ginter and AT Rina Dubin (2015)

  • Counseling Internship with Creve Coeur Counseling Associates, Saint Louis (2014)

  • M.Ed in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from University of Missouri, Saint Louis (2015)

  • Member of the American Counseling Association