My person-centered and existential approaches help clients search for meaning. I believe that what we typically label as “pathology” is an imbalance in the self or life path. This imbalance may be emotional, mental, physical, or spiritual; and the person may not be living their best life, truest to their sense of meaning. I seek to help clients explore their lives and themselves to reach goals that ultimately free them from the weight of presenting issues. This approach works well with life challenges, changes, grief, trauma, anxiety, and depression. It was when I found purpose that I began to thrive. My passion is to help others find their peace and purpose by traveling with them along their journey. I am grateful to be entering this profession as an LPCA. Physical illness, challenges with anxiety and depression, grief and trauma, and care-giving of both loved ones and patients in healthcare were valuable experiences that taught me how to help others. They have given me a relatability to the client that offers added empathy for their experience. I love to sing, write, especially poetry, and be outdoors, all of which connect me to a higher place within myself. I am also a math minor, and I believe logic coexists with emotion.