I’ve worked in human services for 20 years, spanning a range of work including business development, domestic violence advocacy, Psychotherapy,  emergency mental health, crisis response in complex systems, and non-religious spiritual and ceremonial work with women. 

 

Across my diverse service work, what I value most is helping people know themselves well and navigate life from their deepest truth.​ This is at the heart of all individual, relational, and collective well-being.​

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All of my work is rooted in a model called Internal Family Systems (IFS), which is both an evidence-based therapy method and a powerful theory of mind used across many settings to help resolve conflict and optimize connection.

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My use of IFS helps my clients understand themselves through a new lens. Clients and students learn tools for negotiating with lesser-known, inner parts of themselves which, while always well-meaning, often create unintended consequences. Through guided inner work, we establish a healthier, more robust inner relationship, while also learning to see and interact with others more constructively. 

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I began training with the IFS Institute in 2016 and quickly felt a natural affinity for this way of working within. As IFS Therapists, we learn this method not just academically or observationally, but through our own required inner work. In doing so, I found that the transformation available through IFS was worlds beyond conventional methods that I had studied and received.

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I opened a private therapy practice after graduate school, dovetailing with my years in domestic violence advocacy. My caseload naturally oriented toward survivors based on both personal and professional history. I found that the IFS model afforded my clients a framework to honestly and curiously explore their patterns, experiences and choices without shame or judgement - externally or internally. When we were able to explore these deeper truths through the IFS lens, the work shifted from uphill to game changing.

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Today, I maintain a small, niche therapy practice adjacent to my leadership and workplace culture consulting, while also offering in-depth personal & spiritual growth work, and textile art offerings, each of these encapsulating IFS in its own way. 

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Outside of my professional roles, I am often found hiking, camping, foraging, or gardening in my beautiful home state of Vermont, creating pattern and textile art, traveling with my two teenage sons and our dog, Luna, and serving as a board member at the Dorset Equine Rescue.

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Thank you for taking time to learn more about my work. If it resonates with your needs, please reach out and schedule a time to talk. 

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Looking forward, 

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