I am passionate about helping parents grow into more confident, connected, and effective caregivers by building insight, practical skills, and healthier relationships with their children. I love to work with families struggling to connect, resolve conflict, or communicate effectively. I am also passionate about working with with individuals who want to go deeper and connect with themselves through IFS therapy. Ultimately, I really enjoy working with people who are ready to see real change and committed to the process. Individually, I would say that I am an attachment based complex trauma specialist who believes that trauma resolves through the process of attunement, connection, and grief. I work with individuals dealing with trauma, anger, addiction, numbing behaviors, perfectionism, negative thought patterns, low self worth, reactivity, shutting down, hiding, dissociative, and controlling behaviors. I love working with high functioning individuals or individuals with ADHD as well. I started practicing therapy because it felt like the most meaningful thing I could do with my life. My academic background is in philosophy and theology, so I’ve always been interested in the relationship between meaning and experience. And I passed on other, more lucrative career paths because of the immense value I see in mental health treatment and support. I’ve come a long way in my own personal journey. I have experienced immense suffering throughout my life, including childhood trauma, bu