About me
I’ve spent more than 25 years actively engaged in my own inner work. I know what it’s like to sit in the client’s chair, to face hard truths, and to stay with change over time. That experience is at the heart of how I practice.
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Our struggles, and the imperfect relationship we build with them, shape who we become. My work is about helping you turn toward those struggles, understand what they’re pointing to, and create real movement in the parts of life that matter most.
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Training and experience
​I received my master’s degree in Contemplative Psychotherapy from Naropa University in 2012. During that time, I spent two years working in the Boulder County Jail system, focusing on therapeutic treatment and re-entry support for people transitioning toward a life of greater wellness.
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My training includes over 200 hours in CAR (Containment and Autonomic Regulation) trauma therapy. I’ve completed Naropa’s mindfulness instructor training and taught mindfulness to university students. For three years I led men’s groups, helping men develop more skillful relationships with their emotions and stronger connections with the people in their lives. I chose this work because attending groups like these had a big positive impact on my own life. Since then, I’ve continued to deepen my work through ongoing supervision, my mindfulness practice, and allowing my own struggles to continue to help me grow.
How I work: Leave Behind Your Emotional Armor
My approach is grounded in the present moment. In our sessions, we slow things down enough to notice what you’re feeling, what you’re thinking, what your body is doing, and how you’re responding when life gets tense. Instead of getting lost in overthinking or old stories, we bring the spotlight of attention onto your actual experience right now.
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Therapy with me is collaborative, conversational, and exploratory. We look closely at the patterns that keep showing up in your life, such as how you protect yourself, the moments you pull away, where you push too hard, and what you’re reaching for underneath all of that. I see your inner world as a landscape we explore together. There are places you know well and visit often because they feel familiar or safe. Yet the landscape is much broader, and some part of you knows there is more of you to discover in the parts you haven’t yet explored.
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I don’t see emotions as problems to fix, but as signals about where we are in this landscape and the context of the real world. Emotions can tell us something about what actually matters to us. Together, we can work on building a more practical and honest relationship with your emotions so you can make choices that are less reactive and more aligned with the person you’re trying to become.
Who I work best with
Many of the people who come to work with me feel some degree of stagnation in their life. On the outside they may look functional and responsible; on the inside they feel stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected from themselves and their relationships. At some point they realize they can’t keep going in the same way, and they make a quiet decision to create movement toward a life that feels more honest and alive.
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I often work with adults who are thoughtful and self-aware, but caught in patterns of overthinking, avoidance, emotional shutdown, or pushing too hard. They come to me for help starting that momentum, understanding the process of change, and staying present with the emotions that arise along the way.
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While I welcome clients of all genders, a significant part of my practice has been devoted to working with men, supporting them in developing more skillful relationships with their emotions and stronger, more genuine connections with the people in their lives. I also work with individual adults who want to face hard but important conversations and move through the stuck places in their lives together.
Outside the therapy room
My own path has moved through different seasons. For many years, Latin dance, performance, and music were central in my life. They pushed me to be present, to take risks, and to connect with others in a very immediate way. More recently, I went through a harder period and stepped back from those practices to rest and regroup. Writing and quiet reflection have since become my main ways of staying close to my experience.
One thing this has taught me is that change rarely unfolds the way I expect. Just when I think I’ve settled into who I am and how life works, I’m invited into another turn or wave of change I didn’t see coming. The ways I've been asked to meet life keeps evolving, and that process has been humbling.
These shifts in my own life remind me that growth isn’t about having everything figured out. It’s about staying honest with ourselves, listening to what life is asking of us now, and allowing ourselves to change shape over time. That’s the same spirit I bring into my work with clients.
Schedule a Free Consultation
Speaking of change, one of the hardest parts is often getting started. If you’ve read this far and something in what I’ve shared resonates, that’s worth listening to.
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You don’t have to have everything figured out before reaching out. We can begin with a free consultation, sit down together, and see whether this feels like a good fit for you right now.