Hello! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20+ years of experience in the mental health field. I use a psychodynamic approach (how the past informs the present, family dynamics, events, etc). I am trained in EMDR, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (a meditation technique), somatic modalities (body based therapy) and Reiki (an energy balancing technique) to explore the depths of what memories and feelings our bodies hold. My most impactful training and education has been to just be a witness to the strength, resilience and beauty that is the human experience. My profession is a large part of my life's purpose and I am dedicated to making my career as profound and meaningful as possible.
I am a Kentucky native and attended Georgetown College where I earned my Bachelor's in Psychology with a minor in Philosophy in 2001. In 2002 I moved to Louisville where I began my work in the helping profession. Since graduating with my MSSW (Masters of Science in Social Work) in 2005, I have worked with families, individuals, children, couples, and the elderly in many capacities including Employee Assistance counseling, in home family therapy, residential treatment, community mental health, hospital intake assessments, providing Social Work services for families participating in the First Steps program, and in private practice. I am currently focusing my practice mainly on adults in outpatient individual therapy.
When I am not working, I am a person who loves to laugh, enjoys playing any kind of game just for the fun of it, spending time wandering in nature, hugging dogs and people I love, making people smile, creating art, learning about anything and everything that interests me at the moment, advocating for human rights, and forming genuine connections. Life can be heavy and hard sometimes. We all need play, relationships, authentic connection to others and meaning making to get us through those hard times.
I have a fascination about people of all cultures and their stories. I love to wonder about how we can all use our individual strengths, diversity of beliefs and thinking to collectively make good things happen for each other in the world. My work has given me the privilege to meet people in all situations in life and my Social Work education has opened my eyes to the systems of culture and family that form us. I am humbled by being allowed to witness other people's life stories as well as be intertwined into the healing journey of their life. It is through these experiences that I have become an ally to marginalized communities like immigrants, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, women, the disabled, and the poor. As a Social Worker and human, I do not support taking away the rights of any person. I believe that all people should be able to live a happy, fulfilling life free from harm.
I am a married mother of three amazing daughters and love what being a wife and mother teaches me about compassion, unconditional love, patience, empathy and what I need to continue work on in myself. I believe in continually growing and changing. I have struggled with my health, traumatic experiences of loss and turmoil with emotional overwhelm at times. I believe that only makes me more compassionate and determined to use my experiences to help others find peace.
It is my goal to help people discover what they love about themselves and experience a sense of wholeness, peace, self acceptance, self compassion, and accomplishment. It is my life's work to bring more light into the world by healing myself and being a help to those in need.
I am a Kentucky native and attended Georgetown College where I earned my Bachelor's in Psychology with a minor in Philosophy in 2001. In 2002 I moved to Louisville where I began my work in the helping profession. Since graduating with my MSSW (Masters of Science in Social Work) in 2005, I have worked with families, individuals, children, couples, and the elderly in many capacities including Employee Assistance counseling, in home family therapy, residential treatment, community mental health, hospital intake assessments, providing Social Work services for families participating in the First Steps program, and in private practice. I am currently focusing my practice mainly on adults in outpatient individual therapy.
When I am not working, I am a person who loves to laugh, enjoys playing any kind of game just for the fun of it, spending time wandering in nature, hugging dogs and people I love, making people smile, creating art, learning about anything and everything that interests me at the moment, advocating for human rights, and forming genuine connections. Life can be heavy and hard sometimes. We all need play, relationships, authentic connection to others and meaning making to get us through those hard times.
I have a fascination about people of all cultures and their stories. I love to wonder about how we can all use our individual strengths, diversity of beliefs and thinking to collectively make good things happen for each other in the world. My work has given me the privilege to meet people in all situations in life and my Social Work education has opened my eyes to the systems of culture and family that form us. I am humbled by being allowed to witness other people's life stories as well as be intertwined into the healing journey of their life. It is through these experiences that I have become an ally to marginalized communities like immigrants, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, women, the disabled, and the poor. As a Social Worker and human, I do not support taking away the rights of any person. I believe that all people should be able to live a happy, fulfilling life free from harm.
I am a married mother of three amazing daughters and love what being a wife and mother teaches me about compassion, unconditional love, patience, empathy and what I need to continue work on in myself. I believe in continually growing and changing. I have struggled with my health, traumatic experiences of loss and turmoil with emotional overwhelm at times. I believe that only makes me more compassionate and determined to use my experiences to help others find peace.
It is my goal to help people discover what they love about themselves and experience a sense of wholeness, peace, self acceptance, self compassion, and accomplishment. It is my life's work to bring more light into the world by healing myself and being a help to those in need.