I am a doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute and a Hospital Certified Harp Therapist with over twenty years of experience facilitating group and individual therapy across diverse settings including mental health and addiction treatment centers, inpatient psychiatric hospitals, and hospice agencies, and more. My dissertation research focuses on synthetic opioid recovery experiences, reflecting my deep commitment to understanding the complexities of the current opioid epidemic and developing more effective, compassionate approaches to treatment.

Music has always been my life's largest passion, and a central part of my own therapeutic journey. Sharing the timbre of the harp with others is both an honor and a continuation of that process. The harp's soothing, gentle tones and deeply penetrating vibrations offer comfort that patients have often described as "a massage for the soul." I am passionate about working with those who are often forgotten or underserved, bringing live therapeutic harp to spaces where it would normally not go.

My therapeutic approach, whether through harp therapy or traditional psychotherapy, centers on attunement, radical acceptance, and normalizing the human experience in all its complexity. I believe in exploring the unconscious mind and addressing the root causes of suffering rather than simply managing symptoms. In my work with addiction, I hold the understanding that substance use is a natural response to human suffering. This perspective moves away from traditional addiction treatment models that have proven largely ineffective and instead honors the humanity of each person's struggle. I seek to hold clients in their suffering with love and compassion, creating space for genuine healing and transformation.

My practice weaves together my own therapeutic experience with my academic training, integrating the rich, round sound of the harp with depth psychology, somatic practices, breathwork, dream analysis, mindfulness, and explorations of the unconscious and spirituality. I create immersive soundscapes where the freely vibrating strings support nervous system regulation, embodied emotional processing, and the cathartic release of trauma held in the body. I also facilitate collaborative, creative, and artistic therapeutic groups that make the unconscious conscious, allowing participants to access deeper layers of self-awareness and transformation through expressive modalities. My approach honors both contemplative wisdom and modern evidence-based practice, addressing the whole person: body, mind, and soul.