Many people come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure why certain patterns keep showing up in their lives. You may find yourself overthinking decisions, feeling anxious about how others perceive you, struggling with relationships, or feeling like you are constantly trying to meet expectations while losing sight of your own needs.

Sometimes people arrive in therapy knowing exactly what they want to work on. Other times, they simply know that something doesn’t feel right and they want support making sense of it.

Individual counseling provides a space where you can slow down, reflect, and begin to understand yourself in a deeper and more compassionate way.

You might benefit from individual counseling if you:

• Feel anxious, overwhelmed, or stuck in cycles of overthinking

• Struggle with self-doubt or difficulty trusting yourself

• Find yourself prioritizing others’ needs over your own

• Experience tension or conflict in relationships

• Feel emotionally exhausted or disconnected from yourself

• Notice patterns that continue to repeat in work, friendships, or romantic relationships

• Want to develop healthier ways of coping with stress and life transitions

In therapy, we explore the experiences, beliefs, and protective patterns that may be shaping how you respond to life. Many of the ways we cope with stress or relationships were learned earlier in life as ways to stay safe or manage difficult situations. While these patterns may have once been helpful, they can sometimes begin to limit how we show up in our lives today.

Our work together focuses on helping you:

• Understand the patterns that keep you feeling stuck

• Develop greater awareness of your thoughts, emotions, and nervous system responses

• Learn tools to regulate stress and anxiety

• Strengthen self-trust and confidence in your decisions

• Improve communication and relationship dynamics

• Build a more supportive and compassionate relationship with yourself

My approach to individual counseling is collaborative and thoughtful. Rather than simply focusing on symptoms, we work to understand the deeper patterns beneath them. I integrate insight-based therapy, nervous system awareness, and compassionate exploration of the protective parts of you that developed to cope with life’s challenges.

Therapy is not about “fixing” you. It is about helping you understand yourself more clearly so you can respond to life in ways that feel more grounded, intentional, and aligned with who you truly are.

Trauma can impact the way we think, feel, and experience the world long after the original event has passed. Many people assume trauma only refers to extreme or life-threatening events, but trauma can also develop through repeated emotional experiences such as criticism, instability, neglect, betrayal, or feeling unsafe in relationships.

Over time, these experiences can shape how we relate to ourselves and others.

You may notice trauma showing up as:

• Feeling constantly on edge or hyperaware of others’ reactions

• Overthinking conversations or worrying about how you are perceived

• Difficulty trusting others or feeling safe in relationships

• Emotional shutdown, numbness, or feeling disconnected

• Strong reactions to situations that seem small but feel overwhelming

• Self-criticism, shame, or feeling like you are “not enough”

• Patterns of people-pleasing or difficulty setting boundaries

These responses are not flaws, they are protective adaptations your mind and body developed in order to cope with difficult experiences. While these strategies may have once helped you survive challenging environments, they can sometimes continue long after they are needed, creating distress in daily life and relationships.

Trauma counseling provides a supportive space to gently explore these patterns and understand how your past experiences may still be influencing your present.

In trauma therapy, we work to:

• Understand how past experiences shaped current patterns

• Recognize protective responses developed for safety

• Reduce anxiety, hypervigilance, and emotional overwhelm

• Increase emotional regulation and nervous system stability

• Rebuild self-trust and self-compassion

• Develop healthier relationship patterns and boundaries

Trauma work is never about forcing you to relive painful experiences. Instead, the focus is on helping your mind and body feel safer in the present so you can begin to process experiences at a pace that feels manageable and supportive.

As a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, my approach to trauma counseling is gentle, collaborative, and grounded in nervous system awareness. Together, we explore the protective parts of you that developed to cope with difficult situations, while creating space for healing, self-understanding, and growth.

Over time, trauma therapy can help you feel more connected to yourself, more confident in your relationships, and more able to move through life without feeling constantly on guard.

College can be one of the most exciting and transformative times in life, but it can also come with a tremendous amount of pressure. Many students find themselves juggling academic expectations, social changes, financial stress, and important life decisions all at once.

For many students, this stage of life also involves adjusting to independence and life outside of their family system. Being away from home can bring both freedom and uncertainty as students begin to make their own decisions, form new relationships, and develop a deeper understanding of who they are.

It’s common for students to feel overwhelmed, anxious, or uncertain during this time.

You might benefit from counseling if you:

• Feel overwhelmed by academic pressure or expectations

• Struggle with anxiety, overthinking, or perfectionism

• Have difficulty making decisions about your future or career path

• Feel isolated, lonely, or disconnected socially

• Are adjusting to life away from family or navigating changing family relationships

• Are exploring your identity and learning who you are outside of your family system

• Struggle with self-confidence or comparing yourself to others

• Feel burnt out or emotionally exhausted from school demands

College is not only an academic experience, it is also a time of significant personal development. Many students are navigating independence for the first time while learning how to manage responsibilities, relationships, and the emotional challenges that can come with this transition.

Counseling provides a supportive space to talk openly about these experiences and gain tools to navigate them in a healthier way.

In our work together, we may focus on:

• Managing anxiety, stress, and academic pressure

• Adjusting to independence and life outside of the family system

• Developing healthier coping strategies for overwhelm

• Building confidence and self-trust in decision making

• Improving communication and relationship skills

• Navigating identity development and life transitions

• Creating balance between school, personal life, and well-being

My work with college students is informed by my training during my graduate program. I completed my master’s internship at Montana State University, where I received direct training and clinical experience supporting college students navigating the academic, emotional, and developmental challenges that often arise during this stage of life.

My approach to counseling with college students is supportive, collaborative, and practical. Together, we work to understand the patterns that may be contributing to stress while building skills that help you feel more grounded and capable of navigating the demands of school and life.

Therapy can help you develop the self-awareness, confidence, and tools needed to move through college with greater clarity and resilience.

Wellness counseling focuses on supporting your overall well-being by looking at the many areas of life that influence your mental, emotional, and physical health. Rather than focusing on one specific concern, wellness counseling takes a broader approach and considers how lifestyle, stress, daily habits, relationships, and self-care practices all work together to shape how you feel and function.

Many people today are navigating busy schedules, high expectations, and constant demands that can make it difficult to care for themselves in meaningful ways. Over time, this can lead to chronic stress, burnout, low energy, and a sense of disconnection from your own needs. Wellness counseling creates space to slow down and explore how you are caring for yourself and what changes may help you feel more balanced, supported, and aligned in your life.

This work often involves developing a deeper awareness of the connection between the mind and body and how daily choices can influence emotional well-being. Small shifts in routines, boundaries, and self-care practices can make a meaningful difference in how you experience stress, energy, and overall health.

You might seek wellness counseling if you:

• Feel overwhelmed or burnt out by daily responsibilities

• Struggle to maintain consistent self-care practices

• Want to improve balance between work, personal life, and rest

• Feel disconnected from your physical or emotional well-being

• Want support building healthier lifestyle habits

• Are interested in taking a more proactive approach to your mental and physical health

In wellness counseling, we may explore areas such as:

• Stress management and nervous system regulation

• Developing sustainable self-care routines

• Sleep, energy, and daily rhythms

• Movement and physical activity for mental health

• Creating balance between productivity and rest

• Building habits that support long-term well-being

My approach to wellness counseling is informed by both my clinical training as a therapist and my background in health sciences. Prior to becoming a therapist, I studied exercise science and have training in lifestyle coaching, which allows me to integrate an understanding of how movement, stress physiology, and lifestyle patterns influence mental health.

Together, we explore practical ways to support your overall well-being while building routines that feel realistic and sustainable for your life. The goal of wellness counseling is to help you develop a healthier relationship with yourself, better understand your needs, and create habits that support long-term balance and resilience.