Much of my career has been working with adolescents and adults as they navigate grief and loss, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, trauma and those struggling with all forms of eating disorders and disordered eating.
As a therapist, I enjoy working alongside those wanting to reclaim their bodies and break free from diet culture. My work is trauma-informed, anti-diet, fat-affirming and informed by feminist theory and relational theory. I draw from a well of resources, utilizing components from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Coherence Therapy, Internal Family Systems/Parts Work, somatic therapy, mindfulness, psychodynamic therapy, and person-centered therapy. I believe in the transformational power of experiential therapies (e.g. psychodrama, parts work, sand tray, etc.) as these can invite more awareness to the relationships we have to our somatic, emotional and embodied experiences.
I’ve been deeply inspired by the work of Sonya Renee Taylor, Lidia Yuknavitch, adrienne maree brown, Carmen Cool, Francis Weller, Rachel Lewis-Marlow, Anne Lamott, Emily Nagoski, Janina Fisher, Cristien Storm, Roxane Gay, Pat Ogden, Adele Lafrance, Aubrey Gordon, Andrea Gibson, Holly Truhlar, Rachel Milner, Shilo George and so many more writers, activists and clinicians.
Examples of my training:
- STAIR (Self-Trust and Integrated Resilience) Method – Level 1 with Juliane Taylor Shore
- The Art of Grief Tending with Nici Harrison
- Coherence Therapy with Dr. Tori Olds
- Neuro Affective Relational Model for Complex Trauma (NARM Institute)
- Narrative Therapy, Level 1 Intensive (Evanston Family Therapy Center)
- ReParentive Therapy with Founder, Pamela Rosin
- Embodied Recovery for the Treatment of Eating Disorders, Tier 1 (Embodied Recovery Institute)
- Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy (Hakomi Institute)
- Emotion Focused Family Therapy and Individual Chair Work with Adele Lafrance
- Somatic Experiencing (Somatic Experiencing International)
- Psychodrama and Sociometry, Intensive Training (Chicago Center for Psychodrama)
- Integrative Trauma Practitioner (Aura Institute)
- Certified Embodied Exercise Practitioner (iMove Method)
- Gottman Method Level 1
- Ego State Therapy with Wendy Lemke, MS
Examples of my therapy and work experience:
- Eating disorders and disordered eating (including ARFID)
- Grief and loss (physical and non-death losses)
- Relationship issues
- Perfectionism
- Autism/ADHD/Neurodivergence
- Complex trauma
- LGBTQIA+ individuals
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Spoken at universities, presented at numerous schools and organizations
- Worked in private practice, intensive outpatient, and community mental health
Degrees and certifications:
- Certification as a Body Trust Provider, Center for Body Trust
- Certification in Thanatology, Association for Death Education and Counseling
- Roosevelt University – Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
- National Certified Counselor
