about me

In this section I could dive in to my theoretical orientations, fancy trainings, past experience, and maybe toss in some short-hand acronyms and clinical jargon that sounds really impressive. But most of this won’t immediately mean anything to you when you’re looking for help.

If you are curious about these things, scroll down and I’ve got this info at the bottom of the page. If you’re not, let’s start where we are — really good therapy starts with meaningful connection, mutual understanding and a sense of being at ease. If the provider you work with doesn’t feel safe to you, it’s going to be hard to dig in and get to work —even if that person has every certification and training in the book.

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Here’s some little bites that may tell you more about me than my alma mater and post-grad education.

• If you’re looking for someone to hold a clipboard and quietly take notes in your session, while holding a neutral thoughtful expression — yeah, I’m probably not your dream therapist.

• I named my practice moonflower after a flower that blooms only for a short time, and only at night. This is of course a perfect therapy metaphor — power and transformational energy not from avoiding the dark but from opening to it!! Love that. Creatively and professionally, I am drawn to symbols & storytelling, metaphor & texture and the rhythms around us. I love to help folks attune to their innate, felt wisdom. This can look like noticing the colors they are always drawn to, the animals or cloud patterns they feel an alliance with, or flavors/fragrances that bring joy or feelings of rest and safety. These parts of our human experience often contain a wealth of healing power, and in our world we frequently overlook them.

• I meet my clients with warmth and reverence, genuinely rooting for them and caring deeply about their progress. I will hear your story and remember the details week-to-week while helping you find the thread that connects these pieces together (I love noticing the little bits of things that might be overlooked).

• You are the expert on you, and my role is to be a thoughtful support and guide. Just because I have a clinical license does not make my opinion more important than yours in our work.

• I welcome feedback and critique with open arms, especially when it’s to tell me that something we are doing does not feel right to you, or if there are any things that might help therapy feel more effective.

• It’s okay to eat your lunch in your sweats while we meet. If you can’t find childcare, it’s not a big deal to have your kid wearing headphones on their iPad beside you while you make time for our therapeutic work. Folding laundry, cooking soup, coloring — all welcome.

• If politics matter to you, feel free to talk about it (if they don’t, thats just fine too). Therapy is not a space where you need to pretend to be neutral or unbothered by living in our tough world. I work a lot with activists and deeply feeling, justice-minded folks who need to feel comfortable to talk in therapy about provocative, challenging things. If it helps place me in context — racism is real, trans kids deserve to be affirmed and acccepted and safe from attempts to be eradicated, Palestine will be free, food and housing should be free and plentiful, and grief/rage/feeling paralyzed is a normal response to witnessing the violation of human dignity and safety.

• I have lived experience as a late diagnosed Autistic and ADHD mom with Autistic and ADHD kiddos, married to an Autistic partner. Every person is unique, and as they say “if you’ve met one person on the spectrum, you’ve met one person on the spectrum”. But with this as my background, I do have a wealth of information, curiosity and lived experience around Autism, ADHD and the challenges of living neurodivergent in a world created for neuro-normative brains.

I hope that helps tell you a tiny bit about working with me. My traditional credentials are listed below. Still — the absolute best way to see if I’m a good fit is to reach out and say hello.

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