About me
In my work, I see brave clients who are daring to address the hardest stories in their lives. I’ve been a therapist for 13 years, and most days, I truly love my work. I love sitting with people, one-on-one, in their stories. I love the deep work of learning to listen well and speak the truth and cheering the healing of one person at a time.
While I find the work of therapy inspiring and creative, I like the study and nerdy research part too. One of the most fascinating things I love to research is the human brain, and I think that when a person understands what’s going on inside theirs, they usually feel a little less mysterious to themselves.
I see those who struggle with anxiety and depression, histories of trauma and family stories they don't understand, parents who are longing and brokenhearted, ministry workers near and far, depleted caregivers, those walking thru grief and loss, those who are asking hard questions about faith in light of the stories they have lived.
Aside from work, I have a thing for red maple leaves (Find that story on the blog page), and homemade guacamole. I feel strongly that every sandwich needs a good pickle. My favorite dessert is grasshopper pie and there is no close second. I love hiking and new nature trails and surprise animals that I didn’t see coming along the path.
I’ve been married to my husband for 25 years. I’m a momma to 3 girls, one in heaven and 2 in college.
I just turned 50. I won’t try to hide it. I'm not a famous person and I don't aspire to be. I only wear slip-on shoes to work, and most all other days, I’m in yoga pants. Gray hair and wrinkles emerging. As I'm learning to show up with my messy self, you are welcome to bring yours here too.
The guiding anchor of my life is Jesus. My journey is about coming to know and be known by a Person whose Love is deeper and greater than the kind of have, and offers to teach me how to take it into myself, and then pour it out again. On my better days, I am learning to trust the Big Story that one day, all sad things will come untrue, and all things, ALL THINGS will be made new.
“It's like the great stories, Mr. Frodo, the ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? … But in the end, it's only a passing thing this shadow, even darkness must pass.” -Samwise Gamgee