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I am a dedicated psychiatric nurse practitioner with over 20 years of experience in both acute care and psychiatric nursing. In my practice, I believe that understanding your issues is the first step toward healing. I take the time to truly listen to your experiences, validating your feelings, and recognizing the weight of what you’re going through. With a holistic approach to psychiatric and medical management, I specialize in the medication management of ADHD, Anxiety, OCD, Trauma, Borderline Personality Disorder, Depression, and Insomnia. Together, we’ll work to help you find the balance and peace you deserve.

Board certified in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry, I bring years of experience helping people manage ADHD, anxiety, and depression across all ages. My background spans a wide range of clinical settings and diverse populations, giving me the flexibility to meet you where you are. I practice telehealth-only medication management, so you can access care from the comfort of home, whatever your schedule looks like.

I offer counseling that empowers you to navigate life's challenges with resilience and strength. You can access professional support wherever you are, without the need to travel or disrupt your busy schedule.

I studied Contemplative Psychotherapy at Naropa University in Boulder, CO, where meditation and Eastern psychology blend with our Western models of therapy. I find creativity along all life's paths, particularly in mindful practices around speech, movement, food and being in the natural world, away from distractions. My style is similar to an engaged, observational nature walk: stopping along the way to identify growth patterns and stuck areas; lifting the binos to scope out the past and look towards the future; and a holistic awareness and honoring of the pauses and stops along the journey of your life's trek.

My clinical work, both virtual and in-person, incudes residential treatment, crisis intervention, work with youth, families and elders, and is informed by deep self-work over three decades. I've been through both my parent's deaths and know first hand about Medical Aid in Dying (MAID). I know divorce and long-term commitment, plus I understand the complexities of today's myriad relationship challenges. I’ve navigated attachment-based parenting with my spouse for over 23 years, and believe getting out of my kids’ way has been the best decision. I am a neurodivergent-affirming therapist who has personal experience with attentional issues. I enjoy working with clients around transitions, aging, end-of-life issues, men's and women's issues, family dynamics, ADHD, and caregiving in the "sandwich generation." Connecting to earth and ocean, with friends and family, rejuvenates me most, especially when I get to cook.

I believe that you deserve to be your happiest, healthiest, and most empowered self.

I am a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and a graduate of Frontier Nursing University, with over 11 years of nursing experience and one year of advanced clinical training across outpatient psychiatry, crisis stabilization, inpatient detoxification, skilled nursing facilities, and telehealth. I provide evidence-based psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and psychotherapy for children, adolescents, and adults with ADHD, anxiety, depression, bipolar and mood disorders, trauma-related conditions, substance use disorders, and psychotic disorders, including complex and co-occurring presentations. My clinical background includes crisis intervention, suicide risk assessment, stabilization, and long-term outpatient care focused on functional improvement and sustained recovery.

Guaranteed intake appointment available within 24-48 hours. A provider you can reach directly, by text. Personal responses to all messages within 24 - 48 hours, always. Evening and weekend hours available.

Thanks for reading this. I am a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner with over 14 years of experience. I work with clients ages 6 to 86 struggling with depression, anxiety, ADHD, borderline personality disorder, substance abuse and other issues. I help clients to find stability and reduce suffering.

Depression and anxiety can be logical responses to difficult life events. Many adults who experienced losses and traumas in childhood have never processed these events and continue to suffer their impacts.

(Please note that I am no longer taking on new therapy clients, I am only accepting new clients for medication management at this time.)