Training & Background

My approach is shaped by ongoing training in trauma, attachment, and relational work. I tend to integrate what I learn slowly and intentionally, focusing on what actually supports clients in feeling more grounded, connected, and understood.

Certifications

CCTP
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
C-DBT
Certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Attachment & Trauma

Foundational to how I understand the patterns clients bring into the room.

  • Trauma Treatment Certification Training — Janina Fisher, PhD2023
  • Treating Complex Trauma and Attachment — Dr. Daniel Brown2025
  • Healing Attachment Wounds: Building Emotional Safety — Dr. Diane Poole Heller2025
  • Trauma & Memory: Somatic Experiencing Skills — Peter A. Levine, PhD2025

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

A model I return to consistently for its ability to hold complexity without pathologizing.

  • No Bad Parts — Richard Schwartz, PhD2023
  • IFS: Development, Application and Transformational Model — Schwartz, Anderson, Ginter2023
  • Treating Complex PTSD with IFS — Frank Anderson, MD2023
  • Healing Racial Trauma with IFS — Anderson & Krause2023
  • Clinical Applications of IFS — Dr. Alexia Rothman2025

DBT & Emotional Regulation

Skills-based work that supports emotional safety, especially with teens and young adults.

  • 3-Day DBT Certification Training — Katelyn Baxter-Musser, LCSW2024
  • DBT for Teens — Jean Eich, PsyD2024
  • DBT Skills Training for Adolescents — Alyson Orcena, LMFT2024
  • DBT Skills 101: Core Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation — Staci Tessmer2024

ADHD & Neurodiversity

Affirming, non-pathologizing approaches to how neurodivergent clients move through the world.

  • Rethinking Adult ADHD — Dr. J. Russell Ramsay2025
  • ADHD, Executive Functioning, and Health Outcomes — Russell Barkley, PhD2024
  • ADHD, Social Anxiety and Rejection Sensitivity — Sharon Saline, PsyD2024
  • Neurodiversity-Affirming Approaches with Autistic and ADHD Youth — Anna Clarke2024
  • ADHD, Neurodiversity, and Clinical Practice — David Nowell, PhD2024

Identity, Culture & Relational Work

Work that has shaped how I think about context, power, and whose healing gets centered.

  • Decolonizing Therapy — Jennifer Mullan, PsyD2024
  • The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color — Natalie Gutiérrez, LMFT2024
  • My Grandmother's Hands — Resmaa Menakem2023
  • Breaking the Generational Trauma Cycle — Dr. Mariel Buqué2024
I regularly engage in additional training and consultation to support the depth of this work. I believe learning is an ongoing, lifelong process, and I continue to refine how I show up in the room.

“I believe that a different therapy must be constructed for each patient because each has a unique story.”

— Dr. Irvin Yalom