about me

Being a person is such a complex experience.  How could we even begin to reduce that experience to only a few words or sentences to truly convey one’s being? We can’t, of course.  But here, I will try to share a few important parts of myself and perhaps they will align with important parts of you, too.

I can tell you that I am a psychologist, mother, artist, and friend. That I am a seeker – of truth, of meaning, of space within life’s paradoxes.  I value relationships and process.  And I believe that it is in the context of a safe, loving relationship that we can begin to thoroughly examine who we are and how our incredibly specific beings came to exist.  The hope is that then, by carefully deconstructing these ideas, we will eventually reconstruct a self and life that are truer and richer. 

In my therapy practice, I am guided by psychoanalytic theory (both classical and relational), Jungian theory, attachment theory, mindfulness-based treatments, cognitive behavioral therapy, and developmental theory.  I am also inspired by various spiritual traditions and contemporary thinkers.

I received my bachelor’s degree in 2008 from Southern Methodist University, where I also worked in the Eating Disorders Research Program.  I then received my doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 2012.  While at UT Southwestern, I worked in two different research labs focused on suicide and collective traumatic events.  Clinically, I spent my time doing individual therapy in a variety of settings, ranging from a juvenile detention center, public hospital, reduced-fee mental health clinic, to a private college counseling center.  After graduate school, I completed an intensive, two-year program in psychoanalysis. I have also continued to participate in group consultation, individual consultation and have been very involved in my local psychoanalytic organizations.