Thank you for visiting my website!

(I’m currently rewriting it so please be patient and also feel free to reach out with any questions.)

Professionally I’m a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, and received my Masters degree, MS, at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, CA. My specialty is EMDR therapy for trauma and I have a private practice in Redlands, CA.

As a therapist, my gift to my clients is attunement. I try my best to show up fully present to connect with my clients. My preference is in-person sessions as the energy exchange doesn’t feel the same through a screen.

I’m not a fan of mental health diagnoses (but insurance companies require me to check boxes), as I believe we’re all a beautiful diverse spectrum of humans with a full range of emotions. I help people slow down and get to know themselves; understand their patterns; beliefs about themselves, others, and the world. My therapy practice is sacred as people share their lives with me and each session is important. I provide empathy, insight, different perspectives, guidance (and even advice sometimes), and help them heal from old emotional wounds.

Please visit my therapy page for more info (work in progress so please be patient).

I’m also a ceramic sculptor and am happy to share my creations (also a work in progress as I much prefer creating pieces than posting them so this might take a while). I try to encourage my clients to explore some form of creative expression as creating art is invaluable.

Since I don’t use a wheel, and hand-build everything, the clay reminds me how important it is to be patient - which provides a practice of slowing down my nervous system - which I try to extend to the rest of my life and help others do the same.

We can be way too busy in our lives and lose sight of what’s important. We forget to just be where we are. We’re so busy feeling depressed about the past or anxious about the future, that we lose sight of the present.

I am reminded when I’m in nature (especially the forest) that I am a small part of a greater whole. The trees remind me that BEING is enough which also reminds me that we are all good enough.

I am not religious, but I believe that connection is what life is all about - connection to others, to yourself, to all living beings is the greatest gift we are given. Even connection to the Earth through making clay or gardening is a spiritual experience.

I’m also a Crossfit Masters athlete and have competed in the Crossfit Games. I believe that exercise is the best free form of therapy! It also teaches me to show up for myself every day and make my health a priority. (Plus, all my friends are there and friends are very important!)

You can also visit me through social media on Facebook and Instagram as I post various things about my life including my 3 dogs, 2 incredible daughters, wonderful husband, hiking, baking sourdough bread, and more.

I’m also writing this without AI as I, too, am trying to show up more authentically as I challenge you to do the same. Who are you? What makes you - you? Who do you want to be? How do you want to participate in the world?