I’m a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with additional training in drug and alcohol counseling. I’ve spent years working with teens and adults across a range of settings, including schools, community mental health, outpatient clinics, colleges, and group practices. Along the way, I’ve done everything from student advising and career counseling to individual and group therapy. All of these experiences shape how I show up, but just as important is the life I bring into the room with me.

I’m originally from Massachusetts, and I’ve lived in Los Angeles, Oklahoma, Italy, and now Minnesota. These experiences have shaped how I understand people, relationships, and what it means to feel at home. Outside of therapy, I’m a mom, pet-lover, friend, book enthusiast, writer, grammar nerd, and a (very) aspiring dancer. If you ask me, I think I’m pretty cool. If you ask my teenage daughter, she will tell you I’m definitely not. I suppose you’ll have to draw your own conclusions on that one.

I do this work for a reason.

There have been times in my life when I’ve struggled deeply. I’ve been hurt, confused, and unsure how to move forward, and I know how incredibly hard it can be to find the right therapist to help.

Even though I’m a therapist, I also get what it’s like to sit on the other side of the room, hoping to be understood. I feel incredibly lucky that during my hardest moments, I found therapists who really saw me, listened closely, and cared in a way that helped me find my way through. Those experiences stay with me and shape how I show up in this work. Of course, I’m still human. I still have moments when I struggle—like, a lot—which is why I continue to work with a therapist myself. None of us are meant to do this alone.

The best part is, when we work together, you’re not just getting my training and experience—you’re also getting the wisdom and care that’s been passed down to me through the therapists who have supported me along the way. And I’m not going to lie, they’re pretty great.

A little more about me...

My pronouns are she/her. I identify as a cisgender queer female. I am white- and able-bodied, and I acknowledge the parts of my identity that come with unearned privilege. I am committed to naming and acting against racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, ageism, classism, xenophobia, religious prejudice, and other forms of oppression. I acknowledge that I live and work on the ancestral and contemporary lands of the Wahpekute Band of the Dakota Nation.