A Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Tampa. I believe therapy is less about fixing what's "wrong" and more about making room for what's real.
I came to this work the way many of us do — slowly, after my own seasons of being lost. Social work gave me a frame for understanding that suffering is rarely just personal. It's relational, historical, embodied. The good news is that healing is, too.
My approach is integrative. I draw on EMDR for trauma, attachment theory for relationships, and a steady dose of humor and honesty for the rest. I'll never pretend to have answers I don't. I'll always take what you bring seriously.
Therapy works best when the room feels safe enough to be unguarded. That's my job to build, and it's the first thing I'll ask about.
Conversational, not clinical. We'll start where you want to start. Sometimes that's a specific problem; sometimes it's a vague heaviness you can't quite name. Both are good starting points.
If EMDR feels like the right tool, we'll move there intentionally — never as a first session. If talking is enough, we stay there. The work matches you, not the other way around.
I'm a reader, a slow cook, and an inconsistent runner. I live with more houseplants than I can keep alive and a capybara-shaped logo that has somehow become our mascot. (Ask me about it in session.)
The relationship is the medicine. Every tool I use is in service of it.
I'd rather be useful than impressive. I'll tell you what I think, and I'll change my mind when the evidence does.
No pushing toward a timeline. Healing is not a deliverable.
Because they are the world's most regulated nervous system. Calm, curious, sociable with every species they meet. A pretty good role model, if you ask me.
