I'm Glad You're Here

Hi there. 

I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (which means I'm a trained and licensed therapist) in southeastern Virginia. I provide therapeutic care for folks struggling with trauma, depression, anxiety, and the normal life stressors that keep us stuck. I was trained as a Social Worker to care about people, their ability to receive services that improve the quality of their lives, and to honor the dignity of each person who comes looking for care.

But like my clients, I'm not just a one-note human. I'm also a retired military spouse with deep compassion for military veterans and their families. I'm a writer, a doctoral student, and a frustrated American trying to do what I can to help people work through the stressors we are all facing at a time when our democracy is at stake. I care deeply about protecting our vulnerable populations, particularly the LGBT community and their emotional and physical safety. 

 Everyone deserves access to high-quality mental health care. We have been operating in a mental health crisis that has gone largely untreated since the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, essential health services and care have been slashed for populations who lack financial resources to pay for this critical care. It's a broken system, but it's currently all that we have. 

Barriers to direct care keep people stuck in dangerous relationships, poverty, fear and hopelessness. My hope is that mental wellness seekers who face barriers to therapy can use resources that are freely available to anyone who has access to a computer.