Meet your Therapist

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I am an EMDR trauma therapist and 6th year business owner of a counseling private practice in Scottsdale, Arizona; I specialize in mental health wellness and treatment for business owners, professionals, first responders, young adults, and college-/career-focused individuals with childhood trauma or other wounds contributing to symptoms such as PTS, depression, anxiety, grief, and stress. 

I opened my practice in 2020 to serve the greater Phoenix area and its resilient residents with the hope to continue connecting with individuals, communities, organizations, educators, other providers and businesses with a goal of increasing mental health awareness, training, and education collaboratively to improve the availability of resources for support and care in the community.  
 

As a National Board-Certified (NBCC), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), EMDRIA-approved EMDR therapist I am grateful for the extensive trainings and opportunities that taught me about integration of evidence-based approaches to support survivors of abuse, neglect, abandonment, violence, crime, grief, medical trauma, and exposure or vicarious trauma; my early experience as a trauma therapist and behavior specialist started with working with caregivers and other providers to help families navigate their healing journeys through hardships and histories of adversity.   

A dedicated member of the American Counseling Association, IARTC division (International Association for Resilience and Trauma Counseling), and Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society, I earned a Master of Science degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the CACREP-accredited programs at University of Phoenix. My passion for service called me to roles that supported families with stress-reduction by helping to educate and manage high-acuity behavioral needs through intention, engagement, structure, and security.  

As a group and intensive outpatient facilitator, I advocate for safety, resilience and autonomy, equipping adults and adolescents with psychoeducation about the brain-body connection to trauma; and teaching harm-reduction, mindfulness, and emotion-regulation skills to develop self-awareness, and improve interpersonal relationships and self-esteem.  

Prior to earning my degrees, I successfully managed and operated other profitable businesses, created cohesive, enthusiastic company cultures, and proudly modeled leadership, successfully hiring and improving retention of a superlative team for a high-volume, corporate training, flagship restaurant while continuing a well-established modeling career, attending an undergrad psychology program, and pursuing a career in law enforcement as a mother of a child experiencing a series of traumatic medical emergencies. 

While advancing through several phases of the police officer hiring and exam process, my goals to improve mental health issues through public service evolved, leading to the decision to continue with higher education for a master's degree in clinical mental health counseling, emphasizing my dedication to providing a safe space for individuals hoping to process distressing experiences from recent trauma or developmental wounds, including in law enforcement officers, first responders, victims of crime, military veterans and business professionals.