About Me

As a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and fully Certified EMDR Therapist & Consultant, I use an attachment orientation to blend the science of connection with the power of healing when working with clients experiencing PTSD, CPTSD, early childhood & attachment wounds, chronic pain, and dissociation. I strive to bring compassion, warmth, humor (I think I'm funny), and a direct yet collaborative approach to working with my clients and families.

I am also a trained IFS Level 2 therapist. I utilize somatic exercises and Polyvagal Theory in my work. I am currently offering Therapeutic Fly-Fishing with EMDR(s) (TF-EMDR), Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), nature therapy, and therapy intensives. Please note that intensives and KAP are not covered by insurance.

I work with veterans and first responders. My background as a "police wife" of 13 years brings an understanding of the struggles of wellness versus cashing out comp time, shift work, work stigma, and feelings of being broken. I also offer parent support and consultation for families with dysregulated children, those navigating ARFID, and parents of adopted children. I also work with student athletes to work through performance concerns and have assisted many clients work through moral injury and religious recovery. I frequently hear “I feel like I’m going crazy!” or “no one else is seeing this!” when talking to clients and parents who are dealing with intense, attachment seeking behaviors.

When people feel overwhelmed, numb, disconnected, hopeless, or stuck they experience a loss in happiness, pain in relationships, and a lack of productivity. Therapy is helpful with these issues in more ways than teaching coping skills. The science of connection helps people find a way to a sense of feeling "okay" -- maybe for the first time in years or for the first time, period. I believe in helping parents understand their child's need for connection while maintaining their own sanity. For all clients, work together includes strategies from trauma-informed care and neuroscience to help increase calm, reduce negative thinking and anxiety, increase health in relationships, and improve productivity in school, at work, or at home. Based on years of experience doing in-home therapy, plus years as an outpatient psychotherapist, I have insight and personal experience observing children’s anxiety, outbursts, and day to day struggles in both home and school settings.

In my free time, I can be found drinking coffee, snuggling her Cairn Terrier and kitties, kayaking, fly fishing, hiking, playing board games, shooting, and tabletop gaming. I'm a Warped Tour kid at heart and still enjoy punk music and concerts.

Iowa license pending.