My Commitment as Your Therapist

A woman with brown hair and light skin sitting on a black velvet couch in front of a dark wall, wearing a cream-colored blazer and pants, beige strappy high heels, and jewelry.

When I started my own therapy journey years ago, I wasn’t quite sure why I was there. I just knew I felt stuck. It was an incredibly humbling, scary experience—yet I felt deep down that I was where I needed to be. Maybe that’s where you are too.

As I talked with my therapist about where I’d been, who I was, and where I wanted to go in life, she said, “Sounds like you want to be a therapist.” A year later, I received an email about a Marriage and Family Therapy Master’s degree program. I filled out the form as though I’d planned it all along.

I know what it’s like to sit “in both chairs,” and over the years, I have made a lifestyle out of going deeper in my own healing and growth. I believe that as you discover more deeply who you were created to be, you’ll be able to make more sense of your journey and find more joy along the way. You’ll gain fresh hope as you’re finally able to shift even the most painful, destructive, and persistent patterns in your life. I believe it’s possible for you because it happened (and continues to happen) for me.

I commit to be a lifelong learner who walks alongside you. I do not ask you to go where I’m unwilling to go, and I don’t believe I can take you where I’ve never been. My #1 goal is to work myself out of a job. I love getting to see you experience the growth and transformation you came for.

Guiding Principles

Work Toward Connectedness

All problems, whether psychological, emotional, spiritual, or physical, come from a sense of separation—from God, others, and self. Reconnection is the path to healing. When I use the word “God,” I’m referring to the God of the Bible, perfectly revealed in Jesus. Some of my clients may prefer terms like “Higher Power,” “Creator,” “Source,” “Ultimate Truth,” or “Inner Knowing.”

Everyone Can Hear from God

You were designed to hear from God—the Voice of Truth and Love. Intrusive thoughts, anxiety, depression—these are often symptoms of deep inner loneliness, a sense that we are on our own and that it’s all up to us to “figure it out.” One goal of therapy is to bring us back to our true state of being. It’s easy for Truth and Love to drown out the noise when we’re living in our true identity.

You Are the Expert on You

I believe you are the leader in your own growth and healing, with your own journey and timeline. Any tools I use exist to serve you, not the other way around. One thing you’ll hear me say a lot is “I could be wrong.”

Bottom line: I am a listener, truth-in-love speaker, equipper, and ally; you are the expert on you.

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Education, Credentials & Experience

    • Master of Marriage and Family Therapy, The King's University

    • Master of Theological Studies, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

    • Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts, The University of Texas at Austin

  • Licensed Professional Counselor Associate (License #96758) supervised by Lynn Strom, LPC-S and Mark Cagle, LPC-S.

    • Brainspotting Phase 1 (2025)

    • Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 2 (2023)

    • Relational Life Therapy Level 1 (2025)

    • Wycliffe Bible Translators and SIL Member Care Training (2023)

    • Mental Health & Missions Conference (2025)

    • Trauma Support Services Trauma-Informed Care Certificate (including Polyvagal Theory and Intimate Partner Violence training) (2025)

    • Internal Family Systems Theory & Practice with Casey Christian (2025)

    • Integrative Sex and Couples Certification Training with Dr. Tammy Nelson (2026)

    • Registered Christian Yoga Association Trainer (R-CYAT) with Christian Yoga Association (2019)

    • 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training through Uprooted Replanted Wellness, a YogaFaith school (2019)

    • Level 3 YogaFaith Sozo and Somatics Therapist (2025)

    • 100-Hour Ayurveda Lifestyle Counselor Training through Om Yoga Journey (2020)

  • I live in the heart of Fort Worth with my engineer/swing dancer/baker/Dungeonmaster husband and our three dogs. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, hiking, cycling, pickleball, and yoga.

    I love learning about different cultures and am grateful to have lived in China (我待了中文两年), spent summers in Japan and Thailand, and visited New Zealand, Israel, Peru, Mexico, Germany, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

    My husband and I have a goal of visiting all the US national parks together (we visited quite a few individually before getting married). So far, we’ve marked 12 off our list!