My passion for helping others through the myriad of life’s problems developed at the young age of eight when my parents divorced, my dad came out as gay, and after my little world fell apart and reformed, I knew I could help others do the same. And yet, it wasn’t until twenty years later, after more parents divorces, family addiction, and leaving an abusive relationship, that confirmed my passion for mental health.

While these are all parts and pieces of my story, I have found myself again through this journey of becoming trained to help others heal. I have one year left of school before graduating with my Master’s in Mental Health Counseling, and I am currently an Internal Family Systems-Informed Life Coach.

I love the framework of Internal Family Systems. We all have parts of ourselves (anger, sadness, joy, people-pleaser, embarrassment, etc.), and at the core of everything is our SELF. When we take the time to get to know all parts of ourselves, we understand that there truly are no bad parts, and we have to understand their purpose and reintegrate them into the system in a healthy and balanced way. This work is incredible and has impacted my life in beautiful ways.