I received my Bachelor of Art and Design, with a minor in Psychology, from Utah Valley University. I then went on to receive my Masters of Clinical Social Work at the University of Kentucky. I have experience working in both residential and outpatient therapy. I am a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) and I have been trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). As a clinician, my focus and training have been on sexual issues and trauma.

I like to think that I’m pretty neat and I find that I can connect with my clients with a bit of appropriate humor. This allows my clients to open up a bit faster, which also allows them to bring their guard down and get to work towards healing. However, I understand the need to distinguish when the time calls for more serious approaches. I LOVE Brene Brown’s work on vulnerability and I have adopted many of her philosophies into my own practice. My biggest take-away from Brene Brown is that you cannot be vulnerable without being brave, and you cannot be brave without being vulnerable. They go hand in hand, there is not one without the other.