About me

If you are here, you are likely seeking some kind of change. Whether it is the need to improve a relationship, work through a current crisis, explore past wounds, or address your anxiety once and for all, reaching out is a courageous first step and I am sincerely glad you are here.

I have always held a desire to understand and encourage others. This interest was affirmed when I graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in Psychology.  Shortly thereafter, I received my Master’s in Counseling from the College of Professional and Graduate Studies at the Citadel, in Charleston, SC. Since that time, I have worked for over 15 years in various settings, including the school system, child advocacy centers, group practices and now in private practice.

Although I believe an excellent and ongoing education is paramount to successful counseling, I also see life experience as an essential component to offer others as they seek to change. In the context of a genuine and authentic professional relationship, as one knows they are understood and heard, real transformation can begin.

It was through my own experience of attempting to live out the “must get it all done” mentality,  that I realized more is not always better. Since then, I have been on a personal journey of recognizing where to simplify and how to incorporate balance through various life seasons. As anxiety, stress and relationship issues (the top three things that bring clients to seek my assistance) are as often the result of lifestyle choices as they are psychological issues, I find great joy in sharing a few of the tools and coping mechanisms I have discovered along the way.

Past- (AMHCA)-American Mental Health Counseling Organization

Past-(CAPS)-Christian Association for Psychological Studies.