My Approach.

I strive to create a space where you can work towards sharing what feels un-sharable. An opportunity to hear your own voice, to make meaning, to pause and feel. To feel less alone within this messy human life - and be reminded that you’re not doing it wrong.My approach to therapy is relational, embodied, transparent and evolving. I am trauma-aware and somatically curious. I celebrate neurodiversity in those around me and within myself. Our work together will always acknowledge the oppressive systems around us and the ways they impact your wellness. I am a mother who loves to garden, cook, sing and make art.Committing to therapy is a courageous act, and I don’t take your time lightly. Truly connected moments are an endangered resource in our culture and therapy is a powerful way to take it back. I aim to offer sessions that feel like a pause from the busy. Busy life, busy brains, busy bodies. I incorporate interventions that focus on the here and now, including building skills in self-kindness, supporting trauma healing, noticing one's unmet needs and creating deeper connections to the body and its vast wisdom.What's here is truly my own voice. AI was not used in the creation of this website.

A Simple, but
powerful Gesture.

Hand to Heart, the name of my practice, reflects a gesture that’s connected to self-compassion and reparenting work. It can feel hookey or awkward and that’s ok. When done with conviction it can lead to some in-the-moment release simply because it is an offering that serves as a reminder that you are here, in a living and breathing body, supporting your own self through life. It can help to counter patterns of self-criticism and remind us that self-comfort is also possible.Sending a gentle challenge your way to look away from your screen and give the hand to heart gesture a try. Gently press into your heart a bit, inhale and exhale. Maybe what I’ve shared resonates and maybe it doesn’t. What matters most to me is that you have the right therapist match for your life right now - to hold some sacred space that guides you back home to yourself.

Notable Training.

I believe strongly in ongoing learning to inspire continued growth that strengthens my ability to support you and your needs. I continue to engage in my own healing work and am so grateful to the amazing guides in my life.Notable credentials and training includes:
-Masters in Social Work, Portland State University (2014)
-Licence in Clinical Social Work, Minnesota Board of Social Work
-Prenatal Mental Health Certificate, Postpartum Support International (2021-present)
-Grief Care Professional Certificate Program with Megan Devine (2025)
-Certificate in Perinatal Grief & Loss from Seleni Institute (2022)
-EMDR Trained (2022)
-Polyvagal informed Thearpy Master Class with Deb Dana (2025)
-Internal Family Systems 2-Day Training (2025)
-Blooma Motherhood Series Group Leader (2025 - Present)
-Member of The Rising Therapist, Class of 2026
-Neurodiversity Affirming Practice Training - MSU Mankato (2026)
-AEDP for Trauma and Attachment Wounds with Diana Fosha (2026)
-Whiteness & Antiracism for Counselors & Therapists (Fall 2026)
-Perinatal EMDR training with Touchstone Institute (Fall 2026)
-HSP-Knowledgeable Professional (certification in-process 2026-2027)

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