For more than thirty years I practiced law. Then a close friend was diagnosed with cancer, and everything changed.

I traveled to be with him at the end of his life, and something shifted in me that I didn't expect. Sitting with him in those final days — in the presence of loss, love, and the particular tenderness that comes at the end of a life — I knew this was where I wanted to spend my time. Not in a courtroom or a boardroom, but here, in the hardest and most human moments people face.

That decision led me to train as a palliative care coordinator at Boulder Community Health, where I worked alongside patients facing terminal illness and the families who loved them. From there I worked as an individual and group therapist supporting clients through a wide range of challenges. I then moved into hospice work as a grief counselor, where I provided both individual and group counseling to people navigating some of the most profound losses imaginable. I have spent years sitting with grieving people — not trying to fix them or hurry them along, but simply helping them find their footing in a world that has been irrevocably changed.

I believe grief is not an illness to be cured. It is a natural, necessary response to love. As I often say, a heart that knows grief is a heart that knows love. My role is not to take your grief away — it is to help you understand it, carry it, and eventually find a way to build a meaningful life around it.

I also work with people who struggle with anxiety and perfectionism — the relentless sense that you are not quite enough, that the bar keeps moving, that no matter how much you accomplish the inner critic is never satisfied. Many of my clients in this area are high-functioning people who appear composed on the outside while quietly exhausted on the inside. I understand that world, and I know how to work gently but directly within it.

Clients describe me as gentle — and I am. I will not push you somewhere you're not ready to go. But I can also be direct and challenging when that's what the work calls for. I believe good therapy requires both.

In addition to my private practice, I volunteer as a facilitator for a survivor of suicide loss support group and facilitate a grief support group at Boulder Community Health. I provide educational seminars on grief to mental health professionals, victim advocates, and hospice volunteers. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Certified Grief Counselor, and a Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional.

If you're wondering whether therapy might be right for you, I'd encourage you to start with a conversation. I offer a free 15-minute consultation — no pressure, no commitment, just a chance to talk and see if working together feels like a good fit. Schedule a Free Consultation

Licenses and Certifications

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Colorado

• Certified Grief Counselor (GC-C), AAGC

• Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP)

• Certified Grief Informed Professional (CGP)

• Certified Child & Adolescent Grief Counseling Specialist (CGCS-CA)

• Certified Dialectical Behavior Therapist (C-DBT)

• Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist (CCTSI), Trauma Institute International

• Board-Certified Chaplain (SCA)

• International End of Life Doula (INELDA)

• CAPC Designation in Communication Skills

• CAPC Best Practices in Dementia Care