Therapist. Professor. Parent.

I understand this from both sides.

I'm a therapist in private practice, and I specialize in working with the kind of worry that takes over when a child leaves home.

I'm also a parent of three children who have gone off to college. I know what it's like to drop someone off at a dorm — and then wait anxiously for a text or call, wondering how they're doing.

That combination — clinical training and lived experience — is what this program is built on.

Before moving into private practice, I spent over a decade as an adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida, teaching courses in interpersonal and crisis communication. I hold two master's degrees — one in Communication and one in Clinical Mental Health Counseling — and that background has shaped the way I think about how people learn and change, not just what they need to understand intellectually.

Over the years I've had the opportunity to bring my knowledge into a range of settings — from workshops for the U.S. Navy and AdventHealth to organizations like the Agricultural Bank of China and Zoom — and I have been featured on the Mental Health Television Network and other media.

How I approach this work

My work draws from several depth-oriented approaches — including EMDR, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, Coherence Therapy, Relational Life Therapy, and EFT — and what they all have in common is this:

Real change doesn't happen just by understanding something intellectually. It happens when something shifts at the level of felt experience.

That perspective is built into every part of this program.