About

Writing these things give me a little anxiety- anyone else? I’m hoping I can share things that will be relevant to you and what you’d like to know.

My Background:

My career started with music therapy- music is everything to me. It’s part of who I am and a support throughout my whole life. Understanding how it helped me, I knew I needed to share it’s healing capacity with others. I’ve used music therapy in many settings such as the NICU, child and adult medical, with neurodivergent folks, and child and adult mental health groups.

I wanted to add additional verbal skills to my practice and found myself aligning with counseling. My experience in counseling has led me to supporting pregnant and postpartum (perinatal) folks, children and teens, substance use, and couples.

My Approach:

I believe in helping you find the the tools that already exist within yourself to overcome life’s stressors. I love working with your strengths and using it as a strategy to help. Clients have described me as chill, colleagues say I’m calm. I prioritize being a steady support for my clients, while also challenging statements when the time is right. I am known for adding a little humor (when appropriate) from time to time.

I use ACT- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy- as my primary framework. We look to your values to guide your choices and work towards building a life that aligns with what you want to see. It does not take away the negative or force positivity, it sees and accepts that both can be present. I also take from parts work and existentialism to inform my work.

I have experienced the power of adding creative art therapy to my own process which led to deeper insight and allowed me to express myself when words were not always there. Sometimes, there are just no words for what you’ve experienced, and yet it still needs to come out. When the words aren’t there, we can put it to music.

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