I don’t even know you yet and I’m proud of you! It’s no small thing to realize you need help and then to ask for it! You may be carrying burdens in your soul, treating emotional pains that haven’t healed, and processing confusing messages about where you fit in life. What used to work for you doesn’t anymore, or you’ve never quite found a solution that doesn’t itself become a problem. As I get to know you, we will work together to find a way to help you release your burdens, repair the ruptures and find peace in your world and your place in it. As many of my clients learn, the help you need is right there inside of you all along.

I use a variety of trauma-informed therapeutic methods, working with my adult, individual clients to find what works for you to help with anxiety, depression, anger, grief, ADHD, PTSD and really, any other combination of letters you come in with. I integrate everything with Internal Family Systems (IFS), which you’ll love if you ever talk to yourself, have an inner critic or relate strongly to the emotional representation of the Inside Out movies. Our work together will be to get to know the internal and external connections in your system, make sense of it all and repair any disconnections safely in a way that’s unique to you. I have Level One training in both IFS and EMDR and am learning to integrate these for powerful trauma work. I also offer spiritual integration for those who choose- what matters to you, matters to me.

Being a counselor is at least my third career. I was an Air Force officer before a stint as a “stay at home” mom in several different countries as our foreign service family moved around the world. I offer virtual sessions to clients in Virginia and overseas, if local regulations and time differences allow!
When the day comes that you don’t need to talk to me anymore, we’ll celebrate with a virtual fist bump! But for now, I’d love to hear your story and how I can help, so contact me for a free consultation. If I’m not the therapist for you, I will help you find the right one. Let’s get started!