Hospitable, compassionate, curious, gentle, patient, accepting, playful. Sometimes, my clients find nice ways of telling me I'm a nerd.

By focusing on both the body and the mind, my approach to therapy seeks deep, lasting change. We'll work together to get to the root of what's troubling you, and we'll cultivate changes that last well beyond the end of our counseling relationship.

Together, we'll pursue wholeness & flourishing by tending to the stories your symptoms, feelings, and even your body are telling, meeting whatever we find with curiosity and compassion. We'll undo the fragmentation that keeps you stuck.

Are mentally sharp but feel emotionally chaotic or robotic; are anxious; live with nagging shame; or have experienced childhood trauma or sexual abuse. I'm especially equipped to help those who work in Christian ministry or identify as Christians.

I want to help people heal so they are more free to do what they are made to do and love as they are made to love.

Great Oaks is a place of healing and growth in the left ventricle of the heart of Kansas City.

Healing wounds and treating symptoms are vitally important. Still, I think counseling has the potential to offer more. I believe flourishing involves personal wholeness; social belonging; and a clear, coherent, compelling life story with purpose.