I've worked with people from all walks of life, including those in foster care, jails, prisons, and the military. My clients are often in big transitions leaving painful relationships, rebuilding after loss, or ready to understand why they feel stuck. Together we find where the pain comes from and help you move through it, not merely survive it.
I have spent my life being asked that question, by others as well as by myself.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who began my career working with children and families in the foster care system. While in graduate school, I completed my internship overseas in Germany during the Iraq War, working with military service members and their families. When I eventually began my private practice, I discovered that trauma isn't only felt by people in the foster care system or in the middle of war. It is experienced by many people every day: ordinary people living ordinary lives, suffering in silence.
You don't have to suffer in silence anymore.
I never intended to become a trauma therapist; trauma therapy chose me. As I met clients struggling with situations I was unfamiliar with, I felt called to pursue more and more training so I could be of greater service. And as I experienced more hardships in my own life, I became increasingly curious: what would it mean not just to survive and cope with difficulties, but to let suffering equip us to live with greater depth, compassion, and consciousness?
In addition to my clinical license in the state of Georgia, I am EMDR trained through EMDRIA and certified in Trauma and Grief through Evergreen. I am also a Certified Enneagram Professional (certified through the IEA, as well as various Enneagram certification programs) and a Certified Parenting Coach through Dr. Shefali Tsabary's Conscious Parenting Institute. I use all of these skills to help my clients find a deeper connection with and understanding of themselves, so they can, in turn, have a deeper understanding of and connection with others.
I bring my intuition and highly sensitive temperament to my work. I provide a safe, nonjudgmental, and compassionate space where my clients can look inside themselves, explore and express their innermost feelings, and be received with kindness. I see therapy as a partnership: I am a partner in my clients' growth and a companion on their journey, helping them find the gifts and talents already buried inside them.
"It is not the length of life, but the depth." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Welcome to my practice.
