As a trusted advisor to your healing + growth, I will:

• Listen to hear and seek to see you.

• Trust and help cultivate your knowing of what’s best for you.

• Offer trauma-informed, collaborative, and evidence-based treatment that reveals the root of the problem.

• Initiate lasting change.

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My Approach

We are hurt in relationship, and we are healed in relationship.

Whether your goal is to feel better emotionally, develop as a person, or address relationship challenges, we will take into account your bigger picture – how your experiences are impacted by the relationships and systems you are a part of.

I honor your unique life experiences and identity, and respect the expertise you bring to your story. I use a collaborative style to support aligning you with your authentic self, help you connect to your existing strengths, develop insight about obstacles along your path, and identify solutions for change. I focus on what’s working in your life and seek ways to help you expand possibilities.

My trauma-informed therapeutic approach integrates Attachment Theory, Internal Family Systems, EMDR, somatic mindfulness practices, and neuro-somatic skills to help you uncover outdated beliefs and get unstuck from unhelpful ways of being.

These evidence-based methods facilitate healing and transformation in and out of sessions. My role is not to give you answers, but to support you to access the critical resources you already possess to find self-compassion, wisdom, and your own solutions.

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My Offerings

My services are currently available online, in barn, and outside.

Individual Psychotherapy

I offer adults of all stages support to explore and heal issues of low self-esteem, self-criticism, trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, and life transitions. We will bring awareness to patterns and beliefs that are preventing you from reaching your goals and feeling meaningfully connected to yourself, others, and your life.

Relational Psychotherapy

I guide relational systems to get unstuck from unhelpful communication patterns, develop healthy boundaries, and find greater fulfillment by implementing principles of developmental neuroscience, attachment theory, and arousal regulation. In session, we explore the ways each person supports and co-regulates within the relationship, and use that information to practice making small shifts to create a stronger, closer connection.

Equine Assisted Psychotherapy

I am an Eagala Certified Equine Therapist trained to implement a distinctive experiential framework designed to provide you with the space to discover, learn, and grow from the horse-human relationship. Through this framework, you will learn about yourself and others by participating in hands-on activities involving horses, while discussing thoughts, beliefs, behaviors, and patterns. Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) is ground-based work and does not involve mounting or riding horses. 

Why Horses?

Horses are the perfect partner.

To evade predators, horses have evolved to be extremely sensitive to their environment. They instinctively analyze and react to our body language and other nonverbal cues, providing us with valuable feedback and insights for other areas of our lives. It’s hard to ignore a horse’s size and presence. We can’t just control a powerful horse. Approaching horses helps us reflect on how we approach our human relationships, and how we can face other big or overwhelming parts of our lives.

Horses are social animals with defined roles within a herd. They have distinct personalities, attitudes, and moods. They can be stubborn or they can be playful. In other words, horses are a lot like us.

Because horses are highly sensitive, clients can work through their life struggles by interacting with the horses without feeling judgment or interpretation by another person.

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Billing Practices

Please be aware of the following billing practices:

I do not accept insurance, but I can provide an itemized receipt or Superbill that may allow you to receive some reimbursement from your insurance company, if you have out-of-network benefits. I cannot guarantee that your insurance will reimburse any of the money you pay, and I advise you to check with your insurance company first (I can provide a list of questions) if you aim to submit for reimbursement.

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“Naming, she understood, made things more visible.”

Lauren Groff, The Vaster Wilds