Being a human being is challenging…

It’s a truly complex experience with many layers. Yet I believe that we hold within ourselves the seeds of growth. 

As a therapist, my services are geared towards the development of awareness and self-compassion, grounded in the present moment to nurture that growth. I counsel teens and adults who are struggling with trauma, PTSD, relationship issues, depression, anxiety, and life transitions including grief and loss.

Having grown up in Detroit in a multiracial family of creative people, I am also well-suited to clients who live in marginalized spaces - as we face unique challenges from mainstream society. These can be a result of ethnicity, gender, sexuality, size, hidden and obvious disabilities, class, as well as the multiple other ways people experience discrimination. And there are many.

Receiving therapy to give therapy…

From my perspective, an effective therapist is willing to courageously and compassionately accompany each client into the depths of pain and darkness. My own experience with therapy enlightened me on this point. I was incredibly fortunate to find a caring and empathetic therapist who was prepared to go to those difficult places with me. She has since become an inspirational teacher and mentor. Through her, I’ve observed what it means to be compassionate and fully present for those who have lost hope or for whom the sliver of light that represents hope is barely perceptible. As such, my sincerest wish is that I can sit with each person and embody that same place of non-judgment and compassion that I needed, deserved, and received. 

My education, certification and training…

• B Ed. in Early Childhood Education, Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado

• MA in Community Mental Health Counseling with a specialization in Art Therapy, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

• EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) trained Personal Transformation Institute and certified EMDRIA

• Trained in Gestalt therapy at the Ann Arbor Institute of Gestalt, Ann arbor, Michigan

• Studied herbal medicine at the California School of Herbal Medicine, Forestville, California

• Certified yoga instructor from Bikram’s Yoga College of India, Los Angeles, California

• Received 200-hour RYA (Yoga Alliance) certification from Sivananda Yoga Ashram, Val Morin, Quebec Canada

I certainly don’t have all of the solutions, but I look forward to joining you on a transformative journey that will help you grow into someone who tells a better story about yourself. A beautiful and true story. Contact me today to get started on your healing.