Background, Values, & Therapy Approach

My path into this work has always been shaped by curiosity, compassion, and a deep belief that every person deserves to be truly seen and understood.

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Long before I became a therapist, I learned what it meant to carry feelings alone — and how life-changing it can be when someone makes space for you with warmth instead of judgment.
Those early experiences stayed with me.

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They became the reason I felt drawn toward counseling long before I had the words for it.

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As I grew, that calling shaped every academic and career choice I made — studying the ways people make meaning, choosing roles rooted in service and care, and placing myself in environments where I could listen deeply and show up for others with presence and empathy.

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But the heart of my work comes from something even more personal.

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I remember what it felt like to be a teenager and young adult trying to hold everything together — the confusion, the pressure, the fear of not being "enough," the emotions that felt too big to carry by myself.
I didn't always have someone who truly got it.
And I promised myself that one day, I would become the person I needed back then.

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That's the lens I bring into every session:
offering the kind of support, steadiness, and understanding I once needed, and now offer to the teens and young adults who walk through my door. I support them through the questions they're wrestling with, the emotions that feel heavy or confusing, and the tender work of figuring out who they are and where they fit.

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I know how powerful it is to have someone sit with you — not to fix you, but to understand you.
It's how I support, challenge, and walk beside my clients as they grow into themselves.