I have a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Family Psychology from the University of St. Thomas. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Minnesota (license number 2426). I am also licensed in Iowa (license number 130850), Massachusetts (license number 1850), Texas (license number 204912), Virginia (license number 0717002050), New York (license number 002188), Washington (license number 61613710) Wisconsin (license number 2258-124).
My career as a helping professional began in 2005 as a hospice social worker in Duluth, Minnesota. After moving to Minneapolis in 2008, I worked as a hospital social worker in the ICU. I later worked as a social worker for inpatient palliative care. During graduate school, I had internships with the Minneapolis Public School-School Based Clinic Program providing counseling to adolescents, as well as with Hoy and Associates providing in-home family therapy to high needs children and their families.
I joined a private therapy practice in St. Paul, Minnesota in 2013. Since then, I have worked extensively with adolescents as well as adults. I have experience treating a variety of issues including depression, anxiety, OCD, academic motivation and performance, ADHD, phase of life transitions, grief/loss, chronic illness management, relationships, and parenting. I also have experience in expatriate mental health.
I take a collaborative approach to clinical work and I incorporate a variety of evidenced-based treatment modalities into my work with clients. These include mindfulness-based practices, cognitive-behavioral therapy, dialectical-behavioral therapy, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Exposure and Response Prevention (EXRP), and insight-oriented therapy.