My journey as a maternal mental health therapist began after the birth of my first daughter. My birth and postpartum experience revealed a lack of support and candor surrounding perinatal mood disorders, when birth doesn’t go the way you expected, as well as the challenges of becoming a parent. It was this experience that spurred my desire to work with individuals and families along the reproductive journey. Alyssa Wright and I co-founded The Family Development Center in Fall 2013.
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I have been providing therapy services for over seventeen years in various settings. I am a systems-trained therapist that values the importance of working with individuals, couples, and families within the context of their relationships. My therapeutic approach is rooted in Internal Family Systems and Attachment therapies. I am thoughtful, curious, compassionate and love to laugh. I use these strengths in my work with the people and families I serve. I feel particularly passionate about working with individuals and families surrounding traumatic birth, pregnancy loss (miscarriage, medical termination, elective termination), traumatic grief, and infant death. I am a Certified Provider in Compassionate Bereavement Care. I am also a Certified Internal Family Systems Therapist and Clinical Consultant.
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I have spent a large portion of my career working with children, adolescents, and families struggling to survive poverty, addiction, and trauma. That work is never far from my heart and has shaped my work with people. I believe it is my duty as a therapist to have an intersectional framework, which means always acknowledging the interconnectedness of social categorizations and their impact on disadvantage and discrimination.

I am a PhD student at the University of Minnesota.