My counseling background is from a social work perspective, which means I love to solve problems! A lot of my work focuses on building skills for children, youth, adults, and families in order for you to live your best lives outside of our sessions. I focus on teaching how the brain works in order for you to understand the things we are processing in session, to be sure you are ready to continue that work outside of our time together. I have been in practice in one setting or another with youth, families, and teachers since 2006 and completed my master's degree in 2010. I am in the process of completing my dissertation for my doctorate in educational leadership and equity in early childhood at CU Denver. The focus of my research is parental and cultural attachment and alienation.



My work is informed by not only my professional learning experiences but also by my personal life experiences through being a mom in the foster care system, living with a chronic auto-immune disease, having personal journey's with weight issues and weight loss, and utilizing my own therapists through those struggles. Currently, my household consists of myself, two elementary-school-age children, and two dogs - which is very calm for us. At times there have been four children (preschool through high school), a husband, three dogs, four chickens, two pet rats, two parakeets, and friends staying with us while in addiction recovery, and many other situations that have provided growth in understanding and empathy for all the intense paths life can bring us.