I grew up in the Midwest, shaped early by a family with a multi-generational relationship to this work and a deep appreciation for the examined life. I've been in my own ongoing work for as long as I can remember, and that experience, of being on the other side of the room, is something I carry into every session. Somewhere in my mid-twenties, after an unexpected detour through a completely different career, I stopped, reassessed, and slowly rebuilt. That process of navigating a major life transition eventually pointed me here, and it's an experience I draw on often in my work with clients going through transitions of their own.

I trained at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, a program with a deep and particular lineage in relational and humanistic psychotherapy. That training didn't just shape how I work. It shaped who I am, how I think, and how I connect with people. I've been fortunate to have trained under several supervisors who came out of that same lineage, both in practicum and as an associate. It's a lineage I'm grateful for and proud to carry forward.

The bulk of my clinical training was at a residential treatment center for adolescents, where I accumulated over 4,000 clinical hours working with teenagers, individuals, and families navigating some of the most complex, overwhelming, and ultimately transformative chapters of their lives. That experience remains the most formative of my clinical training and continues to inform the work I do across my entire practice.

When I'm not working, I'm usually outside. Trail running the coast, taking in a sunset at the beach, or somewhere with a guitar, a paintbrush, or a book.