My Commitment as Your Therapist

When I started my own therapy journey years ago, I wasn’t quite sure why I was there or what I hoped to accomplish. I just knew what I’d done in the past wasn’t working. It was an incredibly humbling, scary experience—yet I know deep down that I was right where I needed to be.

When I talked with my therapist about where I’d been, who I believed I was, and where I wanted to go, she said, “Sounds like you want to be a therapist.” A year later, when I was laid off during COVID-19, I received an email from The King’s University notifying me about the upcoming deadline to apply to their Marriage and Family Therapy Master’s program. I found myself applying as though I’d planned it all along. Therapy probably saved my life, in more ways than one. I entered this profession because my own life has been transformed, and I want to invest what I’ve received into others.

Today, I work with bright, motivated clients who often come in struggling to find hope, unsure if they’ll ever find a way out of their pain. They’re phenomenal people, but their old tools just aren’t working anymore. By the end of their work with me, clients find new hope, joy, and solutions. Some shift patterns in their lives that have caused pain for years.

I commit to be a lifelong learner who walks alongside you by continually investing in my own healing and growth. 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 clients are some of the most courageous, inspiring people I have ever met, and I seek to serve you with excellence. My #1 goal is to work myself out of a job. I love getting to see you experience the growth and transformation you came to therapy for.

Guiding Principles

Work Toward Connectedness

All problems, whether psychological, emotional, spiritual, and physical, come from a sense of separation—from God, others, and self. 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 every client is the leader in their own growth and healing. Everyone has their own journey and timeline. Tools exist to serve people, not the other way around. One thing you’ll hear me say a lot is “I could be wrong.”

Bottom line: I am an advocate, noticer, observer, and ally; you are the expert on you.

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Education, Licensure & 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.
- Registered Christian Yoga Association Trainer (R-CYAT) with Christian Yoga Association
- 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training through Uprooted Replanted Wellness, a YogaFaith school
- Level 3 YogaFaith Sozo and Somatics Therapist
- 100-Hour Ayurveda Lifestyle Counselor Training with Arpita Shah at Om Yoga Journey
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 2
- Relational Life Therapy Level 1
- Wycliffe Bible Translators and SIL Member Care Training
- Volunteer Experience & Training with Refugees and Human Trafficking Survivors
- Trauma Support Services Training
  - Complex PTSD
  - Anger and the Nervous System
  - Healthy Sexuality after Abuse
I live in Fort Worth with my husband, an expert baker, swing dancer, and engineer. We have no human children, but we have 3 dogs that think they're our children. Of course, we take no responsibility for this misconception on their part.
I lived in China for 2 years. At one point, I tested at a conversational level of fluency in Mandarin, but it’s gotten a bit rusty since then. I have also had the joy of spending summers in Japan and Thailand and visiting many other countries, including New Zealand, Israel, Peru, Mexico, Germany, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
These days, some of my favorite activities are traveling to national parks with my husband, hiking, pickleball, community yoga, supporting local coffee shops, and riding my bike on the Trinity Trails.