Who We Are

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, Internal Family Systems and Ego State Therapy, somatic therapy, mindfulness, psychodynamic therapy, and person-centered therapy. My approach is individualized and collaborative. I aim to bring in warmth, nurturance and humor, and to support those in centering their trust, their pleasure and their needs. I honor and respect the ways we all have learned to cope and survive, and I uphold and believe that every one of us harbors wisdom and invaluable resources. I strive to offer a space to foster trust, hope and inclusivity while honoring autonomy and strengths. A commitment I make to myself and others is ongoing personal and professional development, whether that be through local gatherings, consultation groups, conferences, trainings, podcasts and reading up on topics related to body liberation, politics, sexuality, parenthood, boundary-setting, radical self-love, embodiment, racial justice and much more.

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, Gabor Mate, Aubrey Gordon, Andrea Gibson, Holly Truhlar, Rachel Milner, Shilo George and so many more writers, activists and clinicians.

Examples of my training:

• Compassionate Inquiry (developed by Gabor Mate and Sat Dharam Khur)
• 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 (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
• Clinical Hypnosis Level 1 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 (expected March 2025)
• Certification in Perinatal Mental Health, Postpartum Support International (expected 2025)
• Certification in Thanatology, Association for Death Education and Counseling
• Roosevelt University – Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
• National Certified Counselor