Who I am...

I am a body-oriented psychotherapist, dancer, educator, and consultant in private practice in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. I integrate my love of movement with an evidence-based, collaborative, embodied-relational approach in my work with clients to support their growth, healing, and ability to live authentically in the world.  

I serve as a consultant to other professionals, institutions, schools, businesses, and a wide variety of groups who seek to benefit from my expertise and experience.

I provide support for individuals seeking therapy for a wide variety of concerns including but not limited to:

   •        Relationship Issues

•         Anxiety and Depression

•         LGBTQIA+ Issues 

•         Gender and Identity Issues

•         Life Transitions

•         Self Esteem and Self Worth 

•         Family Issues/Conflict 

I received my BA in Dance from UCLA, and my MA in Clinical Counseling from John Carroll University.  I am an independently licensed clinical counselor in the State of Ohio.

I am a faculty member at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, where I have co-chaired the Gestalt Training Program. I have also been a core faculty member in the Working with Physical Process advanced training program. To view the trainings and upcoming workshops I am involved in at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, please go to www.gestaltcleveland.org.

In my free time I enjoy dancing, yoga, reading, gardening, being in nature, and spending time with my loved ones and our dog Aggie.

I have facilitated topic specific workshops presented locally and nationally including:

  • Attending to Body/Self in Relation: the Co-Existence of Inside and Outside Experience; Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.
    • October 2021 Co-lead with Michael Clemmens, PhD.
  • Attending to Body/Self in Relation: the Co-Existence of Inside and Outside Experience; Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.
    • March 2021 Co-lead with Michael Clemmens, PhD. 
  • Embodiment, Breath, and Field: A Gestalt Approach to Trans and LGB Empowerment; Transforming Care Conference, Columbus, Ohio.
    • October 2018 Co-lead with Sadie Del Propost, MSW, LISW
  • Seeing and Being Seen: Working with LGBTQ Clients; Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.
    • March 2018 Co-lead with Marissa Patsey, M.Ed., PC 
  • Gestalt, Eating Disorders and the Brain: New Discoveries, New Approaches; Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.
    • February 2014 Co-lead with Dr. Mark Warren, MD, FAED
  • Body in the Relational Field: Reclaiming our Healthy Erotic Self; Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California.
    • July 2013 Co-lead with Michael Clemmens, Ph.D. 
  • Body in the Erotic Field: Reclaiming our Healthy Erotic Selves; Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.
    • May 2012 Co-lead with Michael Clemmens, Ph.D. 
  • The Desensitized Body: Addiction and Early Somatic Patterns; Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.             
    • February 2012 Co-lead with Michael Clemmens, Ph.D.
  • The Alchemy of the Body in the Therapeutic Relational Field; International Symposium Embodied Relational Gestalt: Advances in Somatic Practice and Theory, Esalen Institute, Big Sur, California.
    • August 2011 Co-presented with Heidi Abrams, MSSA, LISW 
  • SDI: Working with the Erotic Field; Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.
    • April 2011 Co-lead with Michael Clemmens, Ph.D.