I graduated with a degree in marriage and family therapy (2019) and a BA in sociocultural anthropology (1996) from Brigham Young University. I am a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in Utah and have been practicing therapy since 2017. I am a member of the LGBTQ-Affirmative Psychotherapist Guild of Utah and the Utah Association for Marriage & Family Therapy.

My greatest skills as a therapist are my warmth, non-judgment, compassion, and utilizing evidence-based approaches. My style as a therapist is to create an environment of safety, warmth, and cultural humility, so that persons working with me can explore, increase their autonomy, and recognize and nurture secure and empowering relationships. My specialties include working with shame and self-criticism that result in depressive or anxious symptoms, faith transitions/expansions, crises of meaning/purpose, women’s concerns, LGBTQIA+ individuals and family members, ethnic-racial minorities, and sexual concerns and/or trauma. I have extensive experience with couples therapy, sex therapy, trauma, faith transitions, and stigmatized identities, as well as anxiety, depression, and PTSD.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) are my theoretical models of choice because they resonate with my understanding of the relationship between connection, compassion, and healing.

I see individuals, couples, and families