Providers

“I believe therapy is a collaborative effort between the client and therapist. While a person may know what they want, they may not understand how to change. My role as a therapist is to create a safe environment through compassion and non-judgment so that a person can talk about past hurtful events. By confidently talking through the past, a person gains an understanding of what needs to change to create the life they want to be living.”

“I’m always amazed at the creativity and resilience revealed in the counseling relationship, and I enter into it with immense gratitude! The stories we craft and those which we learn hold the potential to provide great strength or cause us to lose sight of what really matters to us. It is my goal as a counselor to be an ally in the exploration of what truly fits for my clients and to examine how thoughts, language, emotions, and actions either move us toward our authentic selves or cause us to feel stuck. I love working with individuals, couples and groups! I look forward to sharing space with you as we explore how you are creative, not created!”

“Ironically, those of us who have suffered the most in this life are uniquely qualified to create and appreciate an existence bursting with joy, contentment, and unbelievable abundance. Because we have survived such painful depths of darkness, we are now exceptionally prepared to thrive in the bright light of what life truly has to offer.”

“I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion–and where it isn’t, that’s where my work lies.”

-Ram Dass

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”
– Helen Keller

“I believe in providing a therapeutic space of safety, trust, respect, and compassion so that my clients can do the therapy that will restore them to wellness and peace in their heart, mind, and body.”

“What is to give light must endure burning.” 
-Victor Frank

“A person is a fluid process, not a fixed and static entity; a flowing river of change, not a block of solid material; a continually changing constellation of potentialities, not a fixed quantity of traits.”

~Carl R. Rogers

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you”

~Maya Angelou

“It is never too late to live happily ever after.” 

~Unknown

“Becoming ourselves is a collective journey”

Alok Vaid-Menon

I feel that everyone deserves to absolutely thrive. Many people enter the world of therapy in a very difficult time, when surviving feels more accurate – this was certainly the case for me. But I believe that difficult times become opportunities. It is my experience that difficulty tends to hold onto you until it has had it’s full way – often longer and harder than you wanted or thought you could stand. During these times of tremendous difficulty and growth, what we think, HOW we think is so important. Things can get better – drastically better. To be trusted to be a part of that conversation with someone is an honor, and one I take seriously. 

“I believe that therapy is a dynamic, engaging, and co-created process. It
involves some heavy lifting. You are the expert on your life. My commitment is to partner with you throughout the therapeutic journey bringing curiosity and empathy as a professional and fellow human.”

”I get up. I walk. I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing.”

~Daniel Hillel

“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with
another.”

– Thomas Merton

“Real change happens on the level of the gesture. It’s one person doing one thing differently than he or she did before. It’s the man who opts not to invite his abusive mother to his wedding; the woman who decides to spend her Saturday mornings in a drawing class instead of scrubbing the toilets at home; the writer who won’t allow himself to be devoured by his envy; the parent who takes a deep breath instead of throwing a plate. It’s you and me standing naked before our lovers, even if it makes us feel kind of squirmy in a bad way when we do. The work is there. It’s our task. Doing it will give us strength and clarity. It will bring us closer to who we hope to be.”

— Cheryl Strayed

“Everyone loses their way at some point, and it’s not just because of their mistakes or the decisions they make. It’s because they’re horribly, wonderfully human. And the one thing I’ve learned about being human is that we can’t do this alone. When we’re lost, we need help to try to find our way again.”

― T.J. Klune, Under the Whispering Door