I have been working in the mental health and social work field for the past 17 years. Throughout my career I have served on multiple boards, both academically and professionally, staying abreast on social changes and best practices. I have been given many opportunities to increase my professional experience and discover the areas in which my passion is the greatest and with the most impact. My experience has allowed me the benefit of being able to clearly see the effectiveness of my work by simply observing my client’s progress. The more successfully I was at helping my clients... the more I wanted to help.  My career has encompassed behavioral and social skill building, mental health assessment, diagnosing, and advanced clinical therapy practices for individuals, families and children. I have always enjoyed direct practice, which I have been fortunate enough to be able to do in both a school and clinical setting; however I struggled as a clinician to find the balance and boundaries between satisfying my clients hopes and immediate mental wellness needs, while also staying in the regulatory box that is designed within an agency and monitored by comprehensive expectations. Although important for long term clinical practice, these limitations were not beneficial to the timely success or commitment of those clients that didn't have severe mental health diagnosis or history of, and were dealing more with every day behavioral patterns they’ve been unsuccessful at breaking or understanding, a significant life crisis such as death, illness or infidelity and other overwhelming challenges in managing relationships, family, career, or simply recurring battles within oneself. I found that these clients often were more successful and more committed when the agenda was specific to the mental wellness and therapeutic goals they identified as most important. I have always been an “out of the box” thinker and a master problem-solver, so it only made sense to solve my own problem by creating a life business that allows me the freedom to work directly for my clients identified needs. And I believe that is really the only way you can meet someone where they are at. My goal is to reignite the God given resiliency that holds together our emotional and mindful self and ultimately embodies our ability to be our greatest, most powerful self. Seeking someone to help when we feel damaged, weak or confused can be difficult for many reasons... shame, fear, judgment, avoidance, unresolved pain, etc… DO IT ANYWAY!

Life is too short to live it feeling broken.