I work with children, adolescents, and adults from a wide range of backgrounds, identities, and life experiences, including neurodivergent individuals (autism and ADHD) and those navigating anxiety, depression, identity concerns, emotional regulation challenges, and life transitions. I am especially drawn to supporting clients who may feel misunderstood, overwhelmed, or disconnected, and who benefit from creative and expressive approaches to therapy. 

My therapeutic approach is grounded in the knowledge that creative expression is a pathway for emotional exploration, regulation, and healing. I integrate humanistic and client-centered principles to ensure each client feels seen, respected, and actively involved in their own therapeutic process. I also draw from Jungian-informed ideas, particularly around symbolism, imagination, and identity exploration through creative work. I work from a trauma-informed and strengths-based lens, focusing on emotional safety, regulation skills, and building on each client’s existing strengths and coping abilities. In sessions, I integrate art-making, play-based interventions, and talk therapy in a flexible, developmentally responsive way that meets clients where they are. 

I am also continuing to deepen my training and clinical focus in play therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which align with my interest in helping clients build emotional flexibility, values-based living, and meaningful engagement with their inner experiences. These approaches complement my work by expanding how I support clients in expressing emotions, developing coping strategies, and connecting with what matters most to them. What makes my approach unique is my emphasis on creativity, imagination, and identity exploration as central parts of the therapeutic process. I use drawing, painting, storytelling, character creation, and symbolic work to help clients access experiences that may be difficult to verbalize, making therapy feel engaging, collaborative, and personally meaningful, especially for children and teens who connect through creativity and play. 

I am especially drawn to working with children, teens, and adults who feel misunderstood and struggle to express their inner world. Those I work with tend to have difficulty with regulating emotions and self-soothing, struggle with socially acceptable expressions of anger and frustration tolerance, have a negative view of themselves, and feel alone. Common diagnoses include anxiety, social anxiety, autism, ADHD, and self-harm and/or suicidal ideation. 

Sessions with me are collaborative, flexible, and creative, and are shaped by each client’s needs, energy, and comfort level that day. I take a client-led approach, meaning clients are always supported in having choice and voice in the process, while I may also offer gentle structure, prompts, or directives when helpful. Sessions may include open-ended art making, guided art directives, play-based interventions, storytelling, or conversation to help process thoughts and emotions. Clients might engage in drawing, painting, collage, character creation, symbolic art, or imaginative and narrative-based play to explore feelings, identity, and lived experiences in a way that feels natural and accessible. My personality tends to bring a warm, calm, and creative energy into the room. I aim to create a space that feels safe, welcoming, and nonjudgmental, where clients can show up as they are without pressure to perform or have the “right” words. I balance being supportive and grounding with encouraging exploration, curiosity, and creativity, so therapy can feel both emotionally safe and engaging.