I’ve specialized in grief counseling and therapy for just over a decade through my previous career as a hospice grief counselor and program coordinator. This experience has given me the opportunity to support people through difficult times of transition and loss as well as navigate challenging personal relationships, anxiety and other stressors. Through this experience I have learned that loss of any kind can shake our foundation and leave us feeling lost and confused. Yet, we each carry our own deep wisdom and strength and may need support to find our way again.

In addition to supporting individuals, I have a great passion for providing education and information about grief. My own early experiences of sudden and traumatic loss have driven me to expand access to information about grief for individuals, friends, family, mental health professionals, and larger communities. Offering trainings to the community, mentoring and supervising new clinicians and offering concrete resources to people in the acute and crisis stages of grief is what fills me with life and warms my heart. In 2023 I was grateful for the opportunity to begin as an instructor with the Sonoma State University Graduate Counseling Program.