My path to healing work was initially sparked by personal experiences in psychotherapy, as well as from work as a cooperative business owner, where I was drawn to conflict mediation, collective decision-making practices, and interpersonal work. I left the cooperative to pursue a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy at UW Stout, where I was introduced to somatic therapy practices, trauma and attachment theory, and family systems work. I went on to work with under-served youth and families in Ramsey county for over 8 years, focusing on trauma and culturally responsive care before starting my own practice.

Over time, my growing interest in spirituality and wellness lead me to energy work and several somatic healing practices and modalities. I felt a longing for more embodiment, a greater connection with myself, and a desire to know who that really was. More recently, my somatic work lead me to the field of depth psychology, and particularly the work of Carl Jung, who says that our task is towards individuation and wholeness (not to be confused with goodness). I am currently dividing my residence between Minneapolis, Minnesota and Zurich, Switzerland to pursue immersive study of Jungian Psychology at the International School of Analytical Psychology.

I feel grateful to my teachers and clients for my ongoing learning and personal growth in navigating the terrain of desire, shame, anger and grief. It is my experience that when we work with our full selves, including our strategies, compulsions, and the parts we split off from, we begin to see ourselves and one another with more humanity and subjectivity. That humanity, for me, is a fundamental pathway towards the collective healing so needed in our world right now.