About

I help adults heal from emotional abuse, coercive control, and chronic relational trauma by restoring nervous- system safety, reclaiming emotional truth, and re-building identity without self-erasure or blame.

I am both a clinician and a survivor. The bridge between lived experience and clinical insight is at the heart of my work. I specialize in helping women who have learned to survive by staying quiet, strong, or self-sacrificing feel safe enough to tell the truth and come home to themselves.

WHY I DO THIS WORK

I became a psychologist because I know what it feels like to carry emotional burdens alone - to appear strong on the outside while feeling unseen, unheard, and unsupported on the inside.

My life's work was shaped by experiences that taught me how easily women learn to silence their needs, dismiss their instincts, and earn love through self-sacrifice. I've walked this path personally and professionally, and I know that healing begins when truth is finally allowed without punishment.

This work is also shaped by personal loss. I have lost two sisters - an experience that deepened my commitment to helping women feel emotionally safe, seen, and supported before silence and self-erasure take root.

MY APPROACH

My work is trauma - aware, attachment rooted, and grounded in compassion. I integrate evidence-based clinical treatment with practical, skill-based tools that help clients feel steadier, clearer and more empowered in their daily lives.

My approach blends evidence -based modalities with a deep respect for how trauma lives in the nervous system.

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Nervous system regulation and distress tolerance
• Trauma-informed attachment repair
• Imago Relationship Therapy (IRT)
• Insight + psycho- education
• Energy Enhancement and Nervous -system stabilization

Every woman deserves emotional clarity, safety, and support - not because she failed to learn them, but because she was never taught them in the first place.

WHO I WORK WITH

I work with adults who:

• grew up emotionally unsupported or overwhelmed
• learned to stay calm and capable - even when hurting inside
• struggle with guilt, boundaries, or never feeling " enough"
• became "the strong one" at their own expense
• felt unseen or dismissed in their relationships
• stayed silent to keep the peace
• began to wonder who they are beneath all the responsibility.

If this resonates, you're not alone. You're the woman I created this work for you.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

EDUCATION:

• Psy.D., Clinical Psychology  Georgia School Of Professional Psychology
• M.S.W., Clinical Social Work University of Iowa
• B.S.W. Social Work University of Iowa
• Advanced training through the Yale Child Center

LICENSURE

• Licensed Clinical Psychologist -  Connecticut
• Licensed Clinical Psychologist - Georgia
• Actively pursuing California psychologist Licensure

ADVANCED CLINICAL TRAININGS

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) -  Dr. Marsha Linehan and Dr. Lane Peterson
• Imago Relationship Therapy, (Advanced Clinician) -  Harville Hendrix & Helen LaKelly Hunt
• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) -  Dr. Sue Johnson

LEADERSHIP & ADVOCACY

• Founder & Board Chair- Georgia Chapter, Childhood Domestic Violence (CDV) Association
• National Board Member- Childhood Domestic Violence Association
• National Advocate for childhood domestic violence, coercive control and women's  recovery
• Featured Media Expert-   Fox News on trauma, childhood domestic violence (CDV), and women's emotional resilience

PROFESSIONAL ROLES

• National Speaker on trauma, emotional resilience, boundaries, and women's self-worth
• Author of Breaking Free: It's Not Your Fault
• Creator of the Breaking Free Method TM

MY PROMISE TO YOU

In my space, you do not have to be perfect, calm, or put together. You do not have to earn support by being strong.

Your truth is welcome here - without judgement. without shame, and without apology.

This is where healing begins.

A FINAL WORD

If you have ever felt alone in your healing. I want you to know this:

You are not not too much. You were simply never held enough.

And you do not have to hold everything together anymore.