I have lived in the Denver area since 1987. Prior to that my childhood was in Baltimore Maryland.  I graduated from Golden High school and I served in the US Navy from 1993 through 1997. I graduated from Metropolitan State University in 2003 with a bachelors degree in psychology. I went on to graduate school at The University of Colorado at Denver, and graduated from The University of Southern Maine with a Masters of Science in Counseling in 2008. I am trained and certified in the Hakomi method, a mindfulness-based experiential body-centered psychotherapy. I am also a certified EMDR therapist. Prior to earning a masters and becoming licensed I worked for several years in direct-care positions in residential treatment centers and psychiatric hospitals.

I love living in Colorado and I enjoy many of its outdoor opportunities. I snow board, back-country backpack, and fly fish just to name a few. I also love spending time with my family. I meditate daily and I practice yoga regularly. I love the benefits of the integration of body, mind, and spirit that yoga and meditation and being a somatic therapist bring. I have a spiritual practice and I honor my client’s spiritual practices. I do not push an agenda in therapy or judge anyone regardless of their religious, secular, or political views.