As a therapist, I specialize in couples counseling, including uncoupling and affair recovery, and reproductive health, including fertility, trauma, and perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.

I also love working with people experiencing life transitions, and folks working in the helping professions, including activist fatigue.

In my photography, I specialize in an inclusive lifestyle and family documentary style. My work includes maternity, newborn, couples/engagement and family photography, as well as work events, retreats, and professional head-shots. I love photographing others in the helping profession, including other therapists.

On very special occasions, if the fit feels right, I will photograph weddings and births. My photography is my creative passion, and helps balance out the other pieces of my life.

I strive daily to work through an anti-racist/anti-carceral lens, and I am constantly learning and shifting in the way that I view mental health, healing, and systems in general.

Education, Training & Professional Associations:

Master of Public Health (MPH) & Master of Social Welfare (MSW) from University of California at Los Angeles (2008)

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Spanish & Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Anthropology from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2004)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (#C008032) in North Carolina

Highly trained and experienced in Gottman Method Couples Therapy

Highly trained and experienced in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT)

Certified in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders from Postpartum Support International (PSI)

Certified in Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)

Trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing)

Certified in Seeking Safety

Certified in Reflective Parenting

Trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Former Board Member of the NC Infant Mental Health Association (NCIMHA)

Former co-director of the Perinatal Emotional Health Network of Western North Carolina (PEHN)

Racial Equity Institute (REI) trained