Welcome to my online site, I’m so glad you’ve come. Here you can find out about my work as a psychoanalytic psychologist and writer. You can contact me at any time if you’d like to set up an appointment or inquire about writing opportunities, speaking engagements, or supervision. 

All of my work is interconnected, like the vast web of life in which we live, but I’ve categorized several branches here for clarity. There are pages on trauma and dissociation; perinatal work and the transgenerational lineage of the feminine; psychedelic integration offerings; and my writing, podcasting, and other presentations.

I’ve been practicing as a psychologist for over twenty years. Since I was an adolescent, I was drawn to the hidden stories of others, people who were looking for a way out of distress but didn’t know where to go (back then, this applied to me too). In every corner I’ve studied, I’ve relentlessly pursued the ways deeply individual experiences also profoundly connect us to what is transpersonal. To heal ourselves is to understand ourselves in relation to collective stories. This is soulful healing which addresses symptoms, and beyond. 

If you’re interested in knowing more about my background: I began my studies at Fuller Theological Seminary in Southern California. A religious institution that respected religious freedom and diverse traditions was my starting point for meeting the practical and existential psychological needs of others. From there I studied Jungian depth psychology – a branch of psychoanalysis quite different from Freud’s – which considers a person’s expansive potential within the collective unconscious. I served on the Board of Directors at the Jung Association of Central Ohio for several years and continue to be involved in the international Analysis and Activism group. I moved to New York City in 2014 and have been learning from masters of Relational Psychoanalysis ever since who see the individual mind in relation to others. Through them I re-found the missing piece of psychoanalysis: trauma. In reckoning with trauma we see that our internal minds are also deeply connected to our external worlds. I became involved with the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. To advocate for depth-oriented, lasting change in our nation’s approach to mental healthcare, I’ve also volunteered for the Psychotherapy Action Network, and served from 2022-20223 as their representative to the Mental Health Liaison Group bringing mental health issues to Congress. Perhaps most importantly, becoming a mother as I was finishing my doctorate and then becoming a single mother when I had small children has informed my perspective as a person-in-relationship. 

Whether I am working with individuals in the intimate process of psychotherapy, or using psychoanalytic concepts to understand the issues of our times, I weave together multiple interlocking layers: an individual’s internal mind and experience; the familial and social contexts in which they developed; systemic structures of power and meaning; and points of intersection with the non-human, spiritual, and transpersonal. Contact me today to continue the conversation.