If you feel overwhelmed, suddenly triggered by life-changing events that are bringing up the past, or you’re not understanding why you keep using unhealthy coping mechanisms, you’re not alone. I work with women in Fresno and across California at all life stages, from young college adults to mothers who are married, divorced, or widowed with children, to young seniors 60+.

I also work with teens 15+ and couples. My clients often feel stuck in patterns they can’t break, carrying trauma they’ve never fully processed, or confused about why past experiences keep showing up in their present. The then and there is in the here and now until you process it. They’re looking for a therapist who will help them understand themselves, find insight, and create real change.

In our work together, you’ll find a space where you can explore underlying patterns, understand how the past is affecting the present, and discover the insights that lead to a more peaceful way of being in the world. I’m an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT), California Registration #130104, and I’m EMDR Certified (not just trained, which means an additional year of specialized training).

I’m currently training to become an EMDR Consultant. I love the brain and all things neuroscience, and I educate my clients on how their subconscious mind impacts their physiology, thinking, actions, and coping mechanisms. I believe neuroplasticity and the desire for change are the fuel you need to find solutions for a new direction in life. I’m a therapist who is interested in getting to the root of present-day challenges, reactions, and triggers rooted in the past, your family of origin, and attachment.

I work deeply with women, teens 15+, young adults, adults, and couples who are motivated and ready to commit to making change. Together, we address trauma (childhood trauma, sexual trauma, adult trauma like rape or divorce), overwhelming anxiety, lingering grief that creates seasons of depression, relationship patterns, parenting challenges, ADHD, and bipolar disorder.

I specialize in helping people move from fear to freedom, no understanding to insight and a new path, overwhelmed to peace, and stuck to new adventures. Whether you’re processing trauma with EMDR, working on your relationship as a couple, or trying to understand patterns rooted in your family of origin, you don’t have to keep being tired of being tired. When you’re ready to commit to change, I’m ready to help you process the past with new insights and understanding.

My approach is warm, curious, gentle, relational, insightful, and adaptive. I’m curious, reflective, and exploratory, adjusting depth and structure as needed because therapy isn’t one-size-fits-all. I’m not asking you to climb the mountain. We are looking for “little shifts” in perception, thinking, and choices that will get you over the mountain to where you choose to go.

Change happens when you’re motivated and courageous enough to face your fear straight on while feeling safe because you trust me and know I care for you and am the encourager of your choice to change. We set three goals for therapy, check in regularly, and measure your progress so you can see how far you’ve come from when you first walked in.

What I consistently help people move toward is connecting insight to real-life change. You’ll move from fear to freedom, from no understanding to insight and a new path, from overwhelmed to peace, and from stuck to new adventures. You’ll feel more aligned and confident moving forward, recognizing your change and celebrating the small shifts in perception, thinking, and choices that change old patterns. I love the miracles and magic that happen in EMDR reprocessing. It is truly life-changing.

Serving Fresno, Clovis, Madera, and the Central Valley, with online therapy available throughout California. Supervised by Constance Leger, LCSW (California License #76698) at Relationship Counseling Center of California.