In-office visits: Knoxville, Tennessee
Telehealth: Tennessee
My Therapeutic Approach:
- If you find yourself feeling disconnected from your body, unsure why anxiety or sadness linger, or sensing an emptiness in your relationships, work, or spiritual life, you are not alone. Many of us move through life capable and accomplished while quietly feeling estranged from ourselves. Over time, that disconnection can become a way of living that limits intimacy, joy, and rest.
- I came to this work through my own journey of reflection and processing. When a therapist once asked, “What does this feel like in your body?” I was genuinely puzzled. That simple question cracked open the window to a long ignored inner landscape and invited me to notice how much my body had been holding on my behalf. Over time, practices that slowed me down and time spent outside helped reinforce the same truth, that healing often begins not with effort, but with listening.
- My approach is based in these beliefs: 1. Our bodies are brilliantly protective. They organize around safety in ways that help us function, perform, and endure. When there is no safe place to process internal pain, it often finds expression through overwork, striving, or emotional distance. These adaptations may serve us for a season, but eventually they can interfere with presence and enduring connection. 2. Hope is contagious, which influences my candid-nature and tendency to be warm and open in the therapeutic space. Healing becomes possible when our stories are met with compassionate attunement rather than judgment. In safe relationships, we can begin to approach our lives with curiosity instead of shame and discover new ways of being with ourselves and others.
In practice, I walk alongside individuals, couples navigating shared trauma, and families as they process their stories and begin to imagine a new dance. My approach is person centered and postmodern, rooted in attachment theory, polyvagal theory, somatic experiencing, and narrative therapy, within the framework of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. Together, we attend to both meaning and embodiment, allowing insight and felt experience to emerge at a pace that feels safe. I have completed the EFCT Externship and am a Level II Certified Narrative Focused Trauma Care practitioner through the Allender Center.I also co lead narrative groups because I believe our wounds are both formed and healed in embodied, relational community. Beginning therapy can feel vulnerable, but I am committed to offering a welcoming and steady space where you can speak freely and be fully yourself. What might it look like for you to reimagine your story in a compassionate, safe context? I would be honored to explore that with you.