Therapy with me feels like having coffee with a friend. All day, I talk about sex, relationships, polyamory, spirituality, parenting, psychological healing, and personal evolution. Our goal is to co-create a safe, non-judgmental space in which pain can be fully validated, held with tender understanding, and transformed into strength. Witnessing and helping to heal complex intergenerational trauma is my jam.  My work is more of a spiritual calling than a job.

   I absolutely adore working with clients who may not feel that this culture supports their mental health or have multiple identities, particularly pregnant people, parents, trauma survivors, and the queer community. At IEG, all the identities that I downplayed or outright hid at every other job are not just accepted, but seen as genuine assets. Most of my family are first generation Irish-American blue collar workers who spent their entire careers on the assembly line. If someone had told me when I was a teenager that I'd be doing this work now, I don't think I would have believed them.

   I believe that my own therapy journey is essential to ethical practice as a therapist. You can't truly support mental health recovery and personal evolution if you aren't invested in your own growth. After experiencing Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as a client, I got trained, and am able to offer both virtual and in person sessions. The focus of EMDR is to gently seek out a traumatic experience where it is carefully stored in the brain’s limbic system and bring it into present awareness. Then, using bilateral stimulation, we slowly move it from something that your nervous system believes is currently happening to something that has happened in the past and can be resolved.

   I have a BA in Psychology from UM, and Master’s in Clinical Psychology from EMU. Prior to joining IEG, I worked at the University of Michigan for over 10 years, coordinating research projects and providing case management to pregnant people and new parents coping with depression, anxiety, and complex trauma, while balancing parenting and healthy self-care. I have been with IEG since 2014, and still believe it is the greatest job in the history of the world.

   My personal identities include pansexual, polyamorous, a widow, adult trauma survivor, pagan/witch/recovering Catholic, as well as a gestational, chosen, and bonus parent to queer, trans, and neurodivergent children. Favorite things include cuddling with my adorable preschooler, hosting sleepovers for my teen, tween, and their delightful pack of queer friends, hiking in the forest, swimming in Lake Michigan, playdates with my son and grandbabies, shamanic ecstatic dance with my healed ancestors, playfully mocking historical dramas with my adult daughter, laughing and flirting with my husband, past life regression retreats, and long conversations about spirituality and breaking intergenerational trauma patterns with chosen family.

   I have licensure from the State of Michigan to practice counseling with supervision, and accept the following insurance plans: Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Care Network, CHAMPS Medicaid (Blue Cross Complete, Meridian, McLaren), McLaren Commercial, Molina Marketplace and Medicaid, and Priority Health Commercial and Medicaid, as well as private pay on a sliding scale.