Individual & Family Counseling, Portland, Maine
Reaching out takes courage — and I'm glad you're here. I work with individuals and couples ready to explore what's holding them back, heal from what's hurt them, and build a life that feels more like their own.
I've spent over 15 years helping people navigate the most difficult chapters of their lives, and I bring my own lived experience to my work. In addition to being a therapist, I'm a sister, a daughter, a wife, and a mother of two, navigating the beauty and complexity of family life. I've sat with my own grief, my own overwhelm, my own seasons of reinvention. I show up for my clients with patience, honesty, and a deep understanding of what it takes to make significant changes in one's life.
After graduating from Colby College and working at a suicide prevention nonprofit in Boston, I earned my Master of Social Work from the University of New England. In 2012 I began building my clinical foundation at Art of Awareness Wellness Center, working with individuals, couples, families, and groups. I opened my private practice in Portland in 2016 and am deeply honored by every human who has allowed me to be a part of their healing journey.
The years since have deepened my work in ways a degree alone never could. Becoming a parent, supporting aging loved ones, and being there for friends as they weather their own life challenges have made me an increasingly more empathetic and grounded clinician. I believe healthy bodies help create healthy minds, and I bring that holistic perspective to every session.
I love encouraging clients to get outside and play. When I'm not in my therapy office, you'll find me traveling, biking, hiking, skiing, practicing yoga, or otherwise adventuring with my family.
I offer research-based, compassionate care designed to create real, lasting change beyond the therapy room.
Whether you're carrying the weight of a single overwhelming event or years of compounding stress, I use EMDR and trauma-focused therapies to help you gently move through what feels stuck. Healing isn't about forgetting. It's about reclaiming your sense of safety, agency, and wholeness.
Anxiety and depression can quietly reshape your entire life, from how you sleep to how you show up in relationships. Together we'll uncover the patterns underneath and build practical, lasting tools to help you feel more grounded, more present, and more like yourself again.
Becoming a parent brings unexpected emotional challenges alongside the joy. I support clients navigating anxiety, mood shifts, identity changes, and relationship strain during pregnancy, the postpartum period, and the ongoing adjustment to parenthood, with compassion and without judgment.
The relationships closest to us often hold the most complexity. Whether you're navigating communication breakdowns, family conflict, infidelity, or the pain of divorce, I help you find clarity, rebuild trust, and develop healthier ways of being in connection with the people who matter most.
Grief doesn't follow a formula, and major life changes can leave you feeling unmoored even when the change is welcome. Whether you're mourning a loss, caring for an aging loved one, or navigating a season of reinvention, I offer a steady, unhurried space to process what you're carrying.
When someone lives with a long-term illness or survives a sudden medical event, the emotional aftermath often goes unattended. I help you process the fear, frustration, and grief that comes with living in a body that doesn't always cooperate, and rebuild a more compassionate relationship with yourself.
Therapy isn't about getting advice. It's about being truly seen by another human being. The healing that happens in therapy comes from the relationship itself, from sitting with someone who has navigated their own grief, their own joy, their own messy, imperfect life, and who can meet you in yours with genuine empathy. AI can process language, but it has never held a newborn at 3am, lost someone it loved, or sat with its own self-doubt. That lived experience is what allows me to connect with you in a way that technology simply cannot. Real change happens in real connection.
Start with a free 15-minute phone consultation. We'll discuss what you're hoping to address and whether we'd be a good fit. No pressure, just a conversation.
Yes! I offer sessions by video through a secure platform, in addition to in-person appointments at my Portland office. We'll find what works best for your schedule.
Sessions are typically 50 minutes. Whether you need an objective ear to work through a hard decision or someone to hold space for deep grief, I meet you where you are.
I am an out-of-network provider. I accept Visa, Mastercard, and HSA payments. I can provide superbills for clients seeking out-of-network reimbursement from their insurance.
I work with adults and couples. I especially love working with clients who are in a stage of transition; into parenthood, a new work identity, a geographical move, a new diagnosis, etc. I'm allied with and affirming of LGBTQIA+ clients and maintain a culturally sensitive, trauma informed inclusive practice.
You're not alone. It takes courage to begin. I often suggest giving ourselves two to four sessions to see if we're a good fit. Feeling comfortable is critical, and I work hard to help you get there.
Reach out for a free 15-minute consultation. We'll talk about what you're hoping to address and whether we'd be a good fit to work together.
25 Middle Street
Portland, ME 04101
Video sessions available throughout Maine
I offer a free 15-minute phone consultation so we can discuss your needs and make sure we're the right fit. There's no pressure — just a conversation.