GET TO KNOW ME

“If we don’t know where we are going, it can be helpful to know where we came from.” -Jostein Gaarder

I always like to say that I found my way here through the Goldilocks Method. This is to say that I tried out several different things before I found what truly worked for me. I was a planner who thought I knew exactly what I wanted and plotted my life’s course based on that. Once I got to I believe that people are like popcorn kernels: you can put them all in the pan at the same time, but they don’t all pop at the same time. I believe life is a journey that has no map and all of us are just trying to figure out our own course. I believe in walking that course with my clients at their own pace and helping them to explore where they want to go next as well as where they have been. I describe myself as “chronically curious” and will ask questions to help explore and discover what each person may need to live their most authentic and satisfying life. I take a very direct approach to counseling, meaning you’ll never have to guess about why I’m asking certain questions or what kind of techniques I’m using. I believe that no person is an island and will work to consider the many systems of which each person is a part. I’ll make far too many movie references and will have a bizarre analogy for almost anything and I try to make counseling as comfortable and natural as possible for children and youth. Let’s take this journey together!

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” -Andre Gide