About me. 

My path to this work began in contemplative religious life and continued through my service in the United States Navy Chaplain Corps. Both experiences shaped a deep desire to be present with people who are suffering, and that desire is what enlivens my work today. I am passionate about helping people find healing, hope, and a renewed sense of meaning in their relationships and their lives as co-creative participants and agents of possibility.

I earned a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Divine Mercy University and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, with a minor in Social Work, from Fontbonne University. My ongoing academic research focuses on applying moral imagination to the healing of traumatized systems at the individual, communal, and institutional levels, across family, military, ecclesial, and clinical contexts.

I have worked with people of all ages in a variety of settings and communities from children to aging adults, and I am especially drawn to helping people heal from trauma that runs deep—shaped not only by personal experience, but also by family, community, and the world around them. My work centers on treating every person with dignity and paying close attention to the pain that shows up both within a person and in their relationships with others.