Empower Counseling and Consulting LLC

I was born and raised in California and made Arizona my home after serving in the United States Air Force. That chapter drew me toward understanding trauma and supporting people through the hardest stretches of their lives. I earned my bachelor's degree in psychology from Penn State, then completed my Master's in Counseling at Ottawa University in Phoenix, with a focus on the Treatment of Trauma, Abuse, and Deprivation. I've worked across every level of care, from inpatient and residential to partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient, which taught me to tailor my approach to the person in front of me rather than the other way around. Much of my work now is with high-achieving people who have held everything together for a long time and are quietly reaching the edge. Often that surfaces around relationships, parenthood, and major life transitions- the moments where the question stops being how do I keep doing this and becomes what do I actually need. I practice from a person-centered, holistic view, because lasting change means tending to the whole person, not a single symptom. I am a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS). My clinical training includes Treatment of Trauma, Abuse, and Deprivation (TTAD), Post-Induction Training (the Meadows Model), and Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS-Trained). Alongside DBT, CBT, and CPT, and a focus on attachment, communication, and coping, these give me the tools to help reduce suffering and move toward a fuller, more grounded life.