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Welcome! I have spent the past 28 years working with pregnant, birthing, postpartum, and parenting individuals, families, and the organizations serving them. My work has encompassed a variety of roles, including:

teen parent case manager
reproductive health advocate
intimate partner/domestic violence shelter advocate
birth doula (for private practice & underserved/low-income families)
program manager
doula organization board member/program committee chair
private practice psychotherapist
childbirth and parenting educator
postpartum doula
therapeutic consultant for pregnant and postpartum trauma survivors
approved trainer (when survivors give birth)
mentor/consultant for other perinatal professionals
child & family therapist serving prenatally substance exposed children and their families
traumatic childbirth prevention and treatment organization board member
adjunct university faculty
president, chief training officer, and lead trainer (when survivors give birth)

One of my goals in life (personally and professionally) is to help people feel seen and heard. I believe that holding space for someone to identify and work through their individual and family history, including any traumatic experiences that have impacted them along the way, is an incredibly powerful way to support them on their journey. And because I wholeheartedly believe that the perinatal period offers a unique opportunity for repatterning previous trauma or family baggage, my work has always centered on serving pregnant, birthing, and postpartum individuals/families, and subsequently training and supporting professionals who serve them.

I feel honored to have been part of some of my clients most vulnerable and most powerful moments in life, and I truly wish everyone could be held and supported through those times. So, in case like most of us, you need a reminder that there is immense goodness in the world here are a few photos of my birth doula clients' early hours with their babies...