I'm not here to fix you.
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I’m here to work with you so you can become more on your own side.
About the Human in the Chair
I did not become a therapist because I have all the answers. I became a therapist because I know what it is like to spend a long time in the rough draft phase of being alive.
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I know the exhaustion of trying to fit yourself to a life or rhythm that does not fit back. I know what it is like to be misunderstood, misdiagnosed, too much, not enough, and trying very hard anyway.
I also know the relief and delight of finding ways to befriend yourself more honestly.
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I really love being alive.
I try to savor life every day.
Like many people, I have had times when staying in touch with that has not come easily.
It matters to me to honor the aliveness, and the liveliness, in the people I work with.
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I am so honored to get to practice the art of being human with other people every day.
Why I do this Work (and why I do it the way I do)
I’ve done a lot of therapy in my life.
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Some of it was helpful.
Some of it wasn’t helpful enough.
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What changed things for me was somatic work—learning to listen to my body, not just my thoughts.
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That shift didn’t just help me understand myself.
It helped me change how I live.
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That’s the work I offer now.
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Background and Training
My work brings together therapy, facilitation, education, art, and liberation work.
Dialogue facilitation has been central to my professional life. I trained and worked in the Program on Intergroup Relations at the University of Michigan, and I’ve spent years teaching, facilitating, and learning in communities shaped by narrative practice, social justice education, and embodied approaches to change. I trained and consulted with a fabulous group of Narrative therapists for many years. More recently, I have prioritized training in somatic and experiential techniques.
The field of therapy is changing. We understand trauma, neurodivergence, and the relationship between personal and social change differently than we did even fifteen years ago. I care deeply about bringing established therapeutic practices into conversation with newer understandings of trauma, embodiment, liberation, and nervous system healing.
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Some things I believe
The stories we tell ourselves influence the shape our lives are able to take.
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We learn these stories from society, from the people we love, and from our own efforts to adapt and survive. They protect us, and . . . they constrict us. Some of these stories we keep alive through telling; some of them are operating in the background and we don’t even know they’re there. In therapy, we gently work with both: the stories you already know and the ones your body carries for you.
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I also believe healing is relational. Some of it is private, yes. But much of it happens through connection: being witnessed, being accompanied, practicing being more fully here with another person. I aim to be a steady, respectful presence in that work.
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