Our Therapy Team

Seeking psychiatric help can be a vulnerable and deeply personal step. You may be looking for someone who truly sees you — not just a diagnosis, but a whole person with a story, a purpose, and a future. My heart is to walk alongside you with understanding, wisdom, and God's compassion within a relationship where you are heard, understood, and respected.

Seeking psychiatric help can feel scary, it is normal to wonder:

Does needing psychiatric care mean something is "wrong" with me, that I'm inherently "weak"? Or if medication is recommended, will I have to stay on it forever? Or does seeing a psychiatrist mean I'm "crazy"? Psychiatrists treat the whole person though more specifically specialize in the brain. "The Brain" can usher in all kinds of concerns however prior patients of mine have found a different way to think about your brain very helpful.

Our brains are simply an organ, among a long list of body organs, like your heart, lungs, or kidneys. When those organs aren't functioning properly, we don't hesitate to seek medical help. For instance, people with asthma can find it difficult to breathe and readily accept physician prescribed medication, environmental and/or life style changes to help optimize your lung (pulmonary) functioning. The same goes for other common medical diagnoses such as high blood pressure, etc. Pulmonologists specialize in the lungs, Cardiologists in the heart, and in the same way psychiatrists specialize in helping people optimize their brain health.

Let's partner together to enhance your brain function and improve your overall well-being. Through careful, compassionate assessment, we'll create a treatment plan tailored to your physical, emotional, social, and even spiritual needs.

Most people wonder "what is a psychiatric evaluation"? A psychiatric evaluation is simply the start of our journey together. We begin by talking about why you're seeking help, from there I help you define and understand your symptoms, while gathering important information about your personal, medical, and family history.

With over 30 years of experience in both medical and psychiatric care, I'll work with you to synthesize all of this information into a personalized diagnosis and a practical, effective treatment plan. Including leading you to become educated in your diagnoses possibilities and treatment options.

My approach is developmental and integrative, not medicine-centric. While medication may be a necessary tool at times, my primary focus is on uncovering and healing the deeper biological, psychological, relational, and spiritual factors holding you back from the person you were created to be. Treatment plans may include focused psychotherapy, key lifestyle changes, nutritional therapies, natural supplements, and ways to reconnect with meaning and purpose.

And as needed and requested, I also coach parents and spouses, helping them become patient yet wise partners in the healing journey of their loved ones.

Accepting psychiatric care or medication does not mean you're "crazy", it means loving yourself enough to obtain mental health help, it means you're taking a brave, important step toward feeling better and living more fully. Together, we can make this journey a positive, transformative experience: You are not along, and this is just the beginning. I am with you.

"Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." {John 14:27}

Even when life feels overwhelming, you do not have to carry it alone. Together, we will find the right path — your path — and trust that better things are being built, even when it feels like everything is falling apart.

I am here to help you through this season. I am ceaselessly working on your behalf. This is just the beginning.